“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Dec 12, 2025
LAW’s Nuclear World News’ Image and/or Story for Today . . .
From The New Yorker:
In September, 2022, Rafael Mariano Grossi, an elegant Argentinean diplomat with tousled salt-and-pepper hair, led a convoy of nuclear experts toward the sprawling Zaporizhzhia power plant, in southeast Ukraine, which had been seized by Russia in the early days of its invasion. It is the largest nuclear facility in Europe and the first ever to be on the front line of a war.
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Going Nuclear Without Blowing Up | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Near Zaporizhzhia, Grossi encouraged his experts—all of whom had volunteered for the mission—to think about their families. “I will always remember …
LLAW’s Thoughts & Concerns about Today’s Nuclear World and beyond . . .
This article, an amazing mixture of amazing accomplishment under a war-time and biographical story of Rafael Mariano Grossi, and his United Nation’s (UN) IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) diplomatic, courageous, and the incredibly brilliant leader is long overdue of the telling and who else but the New Yorker could tell the story entertainable as well as accurate as it remarkably sees both sides of a great man who supports nuclear energy and fears its future at the same time.
The man and his organization are likely solely responsible for the saving of Ukraine’s war-ridden Zaporizhzhia by Russia since 2022, which has been attacked by Russia in multiple war-like ways over a dozen times, yet it still survives in a war situation that no doubt should have been considered impossible, but Grossi has accomplished the improbable. ~llaw
I will add that today is Friday’s edition of “LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY”, which includes the IAEA Weekly Roundup of News.
LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY
About Today’s Nuclear News and How it Works:
There are 7 categories, including a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcano and caldera activity around the world that also play an important role in the survival of human and other life.
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). If there was no news from a Category today, the Category will not appear. The Categories are listed below in their usual order:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War Threats
- Nuclear War
- Yellowstone Caldera
- IAEA News (Friday’s only) (Not available today)
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.
Nuclear World News, Friday, (12/12/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
U.S. and Japan flex military muscles in a show of force amid Tokyo’s feud with Beijing
Little Rock Public Radio
All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
Going Nuclear Without Blowing Up | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Near Zaporizhzhia, Grossi encouraged his experts—all of whom had volunteered for the mission—to think about their families. “I will always remember …
Reactor’s ‘First Heartbeat’ Is a Step Toward Unlimited Energy – Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics
View All About Caret Left Icon. More. Related; How To Choose the Right … The DOE’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program seeks to expedite the nuclear …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Reactor’s ‘First Heartbeat’ Is a Step Toward Unlimited Energy – Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics
On November 17 at the Nevada National Security Site, a nuclear energy startup called Valar Atomics achieved zero-power criticality, a crucial step in …
Going Nuclear Without Blowing Up | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Robin Wright profiles Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and how he risks his life tracking the world’s most …
Tackling the next frontier of nuclear transport – @theU – The University of Utah
@theU – The University of Utah
Microreactors offer extraordinary opportunities—portable clean energy, rapid deployment, and resilient power—but they also demand new approaches to …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
In Fukushima’s Evacuated Zone, International Experts Train for Effective Nuclear Emergency …
International Atomic Energy Agency
In Fukushima Prefecture, the region which experienced a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, emergency response …
Advanced Nuclear Power for Energy Resilience: A Strategy for States – WSJ – Deloitte
Deloitte – The Wall Street Journal
Strengthen energy security and emergency response frameworks. Nuclear plants can deliver steady baseload power during most extreme weather events and …
Duke Energy to test sirens at Brunswick Nuclear Plant next month – WECT
WECT
Click here for more information about outdoor warning sirens and nuclear emergency preparedness. Copyright 2025 WECT. All rights reserved. Most …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Terrifying WW3 map shows ‘250000 Brits would die’ if three likeliest sites were nuked
The Mirror
Interactive map shows nuclear blast radius on UK towns as Russia issues dire WW3 threat. View 5 Images. Applying the same settings to Telford …
Russia stokes WW3 fears as minister says Putin will attack if ‘two red lines’ crossed
Manchester Evening News
His comments came just hours after Kremlin-backed state TV issued nuclear threats to the UK after a British paratrooper was killed in Ukraine.
New Nuclear Weapons Testing ‘Would Be Really Damaging to U.S. interests,’ Expert Says
Outrider Foundation
The outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, and the issuing of naked nuclear threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was another …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Going Nuclear Without Blowing Up | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Amid renewed U.S. diplomacy to end the war, Grossi has insisted that Zaporizhzhia get “special status” in any peace deal—and that I.A.E.A. inspectors, …
Terrifying WW3 map shows ‘250000 Brits would die’ if three likeliest sites were nuked
The Mirror
A nuclear attack on the UK would prove catastrophic. A chilling map has exposed the devastating destruction that could be wreaked by a Russian nuclear …
Horror WW3 map shows ‘250,000 Brits would die’ if Russia nuked three ‘likely’ UK spots
Daily Record
… nuclear strike on three strategic locations in the UK, as fears of World War Three intensify.
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Japan earthquake sparks unfounded fears about Cascadia’s ‘Big One’ – Oregon Live
Oregon Live
Periodically, fear of an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano will spread on the app. … The supereruption that created the Yellowstone caldera …
One of Yellowstone’s go-to geothermal sights has suddenly gone quiet, adding a new twist for visitors
MSN
The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory tracks ground deformation, earthquake swarms, and gas emissions across the caldera, and none of those signals ..
Sangay Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EM to 20000 ft (6100 m)
Volcano Discovery
List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano. … It is the most active vent inside the huge Tengger caldera and …
Weekly Roundup of News from iaea.org
12/12/2025
This week’s newsletter looks at our achievements in 2025, a first-of-its-kind training for nuclear emergency response specialists in Fukushima’s evacuated zone, a new partnership with George Washington University Law school to advance education in nuclear law, and elevating radiation protection in medicine.
12 December 2025
Video: The IAEA in 2025
12 December 2025
In Fukushima’s Evacuated Zone, International Experts Train for Effective Nuclear Emergency Response
In Fukushima Prefecture, the region which experienced a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, emergency response specialists from Ukraine, Southeast Asia and Australia converged for a week-long IAEA technical training on radiological emergency monitoring.   Read more →
11 December 2025
Update 332 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
9 December 2025
IAEA and George Washington University Law School Launch Partnership to Educate Next Generation of Nuclear Law Students
The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Read more →
8 December 2025
Global Experts Convene in Vienna to Discuss Radiation Protection in Medicine
Global health leaders convene at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna this week to advance radiation safety in medicine. Read more →
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