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On My Mind Today: It’s time to get serious . . .
The problem with the inherent dangerous nature of nuclear energy is that in the U.S. — and a few other countries — more than 80% of the population likes the idea of nuclear power but, at the same time, more than 80% have no idea what it is or where it comes from. And certainly the nuclear industry nor federal governments are going to educate us about this drastically pathetic situation — nor are we, as individual sentient human beings, going to educate ourselves. Such a lack of effort to learn is, in my humble opinion, a serious but curable disease and a known serious mental disorder.
Over the last few years since I began this blog I have occasionally posted on my Facebook page this small scroll to try to raise awareness, not in disdain, but in hope that we will force ourselves to wake up in order to save not only our individual selves, but others, including innocent animal life, that have nothing to do with what seems to be a future deadset on self-extermination . . .
These basic extremely limited knowledge statistics are how and why I know that we humans have no idea what we are doing by even thinking of considering the idea that believing — even knowing that nuclear weapons can kill us all — the possibility or probability of nuclear power is a “good” thing is nothing more than wishful thinking.
The potential of nuclear war and many, many, more than the few nuclear “accidents” we know about around the world beyond “Three Mile Island”, “Chernobyl”, “Fukushima”, and “Windscale” should tell us that 8 out of 10 of us are walking down the wrong trail that will lead themselves and the rest of us — including our furred and feathered friends — over the cliff to oblivion.
~llaw
Today’s Featured Story:
Russia Dumps US Nuclear Deal, Reclaims 34 Tons of Weapons-Grade Plutonium
Oct 08, 2025 16:49
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Russia has officially terminated a bilateral agreement with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, a move that further deepens the dismantling of nuclear arms control frameworks between the two countries.
According to the Russian State-owned news-agency TASS, the Russian Parliament passed passed legislation on October 8 denouncing the 2000 agreement that obligated both Russia and the US to each dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, material deemed excessive for defense needs.
The agreement was ratified in 2011 and intended to convert the plutonium into fuel for nuclear power plants.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that “preserving Russia’s obligations under the plutonium agreement with the United States is no longer acceptable under current conditions.”
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According to TASS, Ryabkov also reiterated that Russia’s conditions for restoring the deal—such as the repeal of sanctions and the Magnitsky Act —remain unmet.
A supporting document submitted to parliament cited “a fundamental change in circumstances,” including NATO expansion, US sanctions, and American support for Ukraine, as justification for the formal withdrawal.
Although the treaty remained technically in force, Russia had already suspended its participation in 2016. At the time, the Kremlin accused Washington of failing to meet its obligations and introduced unrelated political demands, including the rollback of NATO infrastructure and the repeal of US sanctions imposed following the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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The agreement was one of the early nuclear arms control arrangements pursued after Vladimir Putin’s first presidential term began. Although not on the scale of treaties like New START, the last remaining arms control pact with the United States, the agreement was seen as a practical step toward reducing nuclear threats by repurposing surplus plutonium.
The formal termination of the plutonium agreement means that the 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium that Russia was meant to render unusable for weapons could now potentially be redirected back into its military stockpile. As noted in the Duma’s official explanatory note, further obligations related to this material are considered “inexpedient.”
Earlier, report says that Russia remained the top supplier of enriched uranium to the United States in 2024, providing 20% of the fuel used in American nuclear reactors, Bloomberg reported on September 30. This occurred despite a formal US import ban signed in May, with waivers still allowing deliveries through 2028 in cases of national interest or lack of alternatives.
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