“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Jul 26, 2024
Image is of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant under siege in the Russia/ Ukraine war.
LLAW’s NUCLEAR ISSUES & COMMENTS, Friday, (07/26/2024)
This is just the 2nd week that the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) newsletter is available to the public on this blog. It is available as Category 7 each Friday below at the end of TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Friday, (07/26/2024). You are invited to peruse the timely (often critical) articles that are provided for your continuing nuclear news, including a weekly update of the Russia/Ukraine war and the dangerous ongoing situation there concerning the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. I have provided a duplicate link to this report, which is the IAEA’s 193rd Update
(Just the cumulation of updates provides the instant realization of how serious this wartime situation involving a nuclear power plant is and how nuclear power plants are also potential weapons of mass destruction.)
~llaw
The link:
Update 239-IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
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There are 7 categories, with the latest (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War
- Nuclear War Threats
- Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There are three Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in this evening’s Post.)
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Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.
A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.
TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Friday, (07/26/2024)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Should California’s Legislature jump into the debate about nuclear waste at San Onofre?
The Daily Item
Once the dismantlement is complete, all that is expected to remain at SONGS will be two dry storage facilities; a security building with personnel to …
Israel and Hezbollah have escalated attacks on each other. How likely is war? – WVTF
WVTF
All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh Air · Full Disclosure · Here … nuclear reactors, ports, hospitals, schools, everything. And so …
NextEra eyes restart opportunity for shuttered Iowa plant : Corporate – World Nuclear News
World Nuclear News
There are a few things that we would have to work through, but yes, we are. We are looking at it.” The reactor has been defuelled – all of its …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
China Demonstrates the First Entirely Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactor – Singularity Hub
Singularity Hub
In a paper, researchers describe a test in which they cut power to a live nuclear plant—and the plant was able to passively cool itself.
Nuclear not a dirty word, but coal is (to some) – Mining.com.au
Mining.com.au
The national conversation about energy has gone nuclear as debate rages about how Australia can transition away from coal-fired power stations and …
China sets launch date for world’s first thorium molten salt nuclear power station
South China Morning Post
A molten salt nuclear power plant that uses thorium as fuel instead of uranium is set to be built in the Gobi Desert.
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
False alarm at Ohio nuclear plant raises local preparedness questions at Piketon
Scioto Valley Guardian
… Nuclear Power Plant. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 14 emergency sirens were inadvertently triggered during routine system …
Ukraine probing emergency exports of thermal coal to Poland – Kyiv – Yahoo News Canada
Yahoo News Canada
… power transmission line from Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant to Poland. Ukraine and Poland are increasing this year’s production of thermal …
CenterPoint’s new outage tracker, emergency plans unveiled by CEO
AOL.com
… emergencies. The failures we witnessed during Hurricane … Energy Northwest campus, home to the northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant.
Nuclear War
NEWS
The unacceptable, growing risk of nuclear war – The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The last time the world faced the prospect of imminent nuclear war was during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. It was averted because leaders on both …
Nuclear Risks on the Rise – CounterPunch.org
Counterpunch
There’s a precedent: the outlawing of chemical warfare after World War I when its terrible impacts were horrifically demonstrated, killing 90,000. The …
Will the New Triumvirate, Russia, China & North Korea, Force the South To Go Nuclear?
Global Issues
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a pact last month to revive a Cold War …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Nuclear Risks on the Rise – CounterPunch.org
Counterpunch
… Nuclear Threat to Our Planet, and the Beyond Nuclear handbook, The U.S. Space Force and the dangers of nuclear power and nuclear war in space.
Stabilizing the NATO-Russia Deterrence Relationship
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Russia’s Tactical Nuclear Threats. The war in Ukraine has highlighted … attack would be crucial if Russia threatened to use nuclear weapons.
Will the New Triumvirate, Russia, China & North Korea, Force the South To Go Nuclear?
Global Issues
… nuclear threats.” Meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit in … risks of armed conflict and nuclear war in the region, says Abolition 2000.
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Yellowstone shuts down Biscuit Basin for summer after hydrothermal explosion damaged boardwalk
USA Today
… Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, a Yellowstone Volcano Observatory publication. While unexpected geological activity at the park can seem like a …
Explosion at Yellowstone National Park forces tourists to run for safety – Yahoo News UK
Yahoo News UK
Yellowstone sits on a dormant volcano, but the explosion – which sent debris an estimated 100 feet into the sky – is not believed to be related to a …
Biscuit Basin Explosion – YouTube
YouTube
… volcano, it’s no surprise that hydrothermal explosions are Yellowstone’s most common geologic hazard. Mike Poland, scientist-in-charge of the …
IAEA Weekly News – 26 July 2024
IAEA Weekly News
26 July 2024
Read the top news and updates published on IAEA.org this week.
26 July 2024
Update 239-IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
The nuclear safety and security situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains highly challenging during the military conflict, including efforts to ensure adequate maintenance of key safety systems and other vital equipment, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today. Over the past week, the IAEA experts stationed at the ZNPP have conducted several walkdowns focused on monitoring maintenance activities across the site, as well as the availability of necessary spare parts for the plant. Read more →
24 July 2024
Progress as Countries Seek to Join the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Progress is being made towards a global nuclear liability regime for nuclear damage, participants heard at the Fourth Meeting of the Contracting Parties and Signatories to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC), held at the IAEA’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria last month. Read more →
23 July 2024
IAEA Deepens Ties with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
The IAEA and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation will launch a new series of joint activities to enhance collaboration, following an agreement signed during the recent UN High Level Political Forum in New York. Read more →
22 July 2024
First Ministerial Meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group to be held in Italy in November
The IAEA and Italy – the current Group of Seven presidency – will co-host the inaugural ministerial meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group later this year to inject further momentum into intensifying global efforts to develop a potentially clean, safe and limitless source of energy. Read more →
22 July 2024
Recycling Radioactive Sources to Support Cancer Treatments
Canada will recycle disused radioactive sources from Thailand in order to support innovative cancer treatments, as part of an international IAEA initiative. Read more →