“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Dec 31, 2025
LLAW’s Nuclear World News’ Image and/or Lead Story for Today . . .
from MEHR News Agency
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate to deliver a decisive and regret-inducing response to any act of aggression, citing recent threats made by Donald Trump.
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS (Link to story immediately below and also Posted in Nuclear World News, Wednesday . . .)
Iran warns against US threats, reaffirms full preparedness – Mehr News Agency
Mehr News Agency
… threats made by Donald Trump … The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law …
LLAW’s Thoughts, Concerns, and Fears about Today’s Nuclear World and beyond . . .
Trump continues to “threaten” Iran instead of trying to do what America has historically at least recently usually done best — to act like statesmen and world leaders rather than spitefully ignore the grievances and concerns of our worldly neighbors’ needs rather than aggressively and continually spit out threats to those other countries that need a bit of patronizing and non-aggressive help to avoid those very threats of war as if we are a 34d-World country, which is the exact opposite of what he and we ought to be doing.
Trump has turned the entire civilized world — NATO, South America, Europe and China, India, Africa , Australia and New Zealand , and even those who were once not our allies, like Japan and Germany, for instance, who were in most cases in the past, always trying to avoid entanglements that would lead to war — especially now — because nuclear war is a quick way to humanity’s “doomsday” — something Trump seems to fail to realize, or, given his selfish and aggressive uncalled-for despicable attitude exactly what he wants . . . but, for sure, we can’t wait around to find out.
We cannot allow this situation to continue to fester along the muddy road that leads us all over the cliff we are fatefully going down now. ~llaw
Nuclear World News Today
About Today’s Nuclear News, Files, Categories, 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)
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, Wednesday, (12/31/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Ukraine war live: Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus
The Guardian
… all 91 drones were intercepted. But ISW analysts say: “The … We’ve just had this public display from Russian defence about their new nuclear …
Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus – The Guardian
The Guardian
The main thing is for Russians not to be afraid. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday.
Ukraine’s energy workers fight to keep the power on – NPR
NPR
Ukraine’s energy workers fight to keep the power on. December 29, 20255:47 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered … It has four nuclear power plants.
Nuclear Power
NEWS
600 MW nuclear power plan moves forward with US firm’s advanced reactor filing
Interesting Engineering
Duke Energy takes a strategic step toward advanced nuclear by filing an Early Site Permit (ESP) for SMRs in North Carolina.
More money for nuclear energy in 2026? – YouTube
YouTube
Ahab Abdel-Aziz, global director of nuclear energy at Gowling WLG, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss what’s expected for nuclear energy in 2026.
Chairmen Guthrie and Latta Announce Hearing on Nuclear Energy
House Committee on Energy and Commerce – House.gov
… Energy, announced a hearing titled American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era. “Nuclear energy provides affordable and reliable power …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Emergency preparedness: from nuclear power plant incidents to snow levels – The Beacon
The Beacon
The Ottawa County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) offers resources to help residents protect themselves by staying informed during emergencies.
SpaceX explosion triggers emergencies – MSN
MSN
Sunken Russian ship was carrying nuclear reactor parts: Report – Johan Nilsson. Newsweek. Sunken Russian ship was carrying nuclear reactor parts: …
So Much Winning For Renewable Energy In The US – CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
… nuclear power combined would shrink by 18,596-MW.” How It Ended … Against this backdrop, it’s helpful to recall that Trump’s energy “emergency …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
‘US Will Be Responsible…’: Iran Issues Chilling Warning Amid Trump’s Aggressive Nuclear Threats
YouTube
Iran has urged global condemnation of the United States over what it calls “illegal war threats,” after President Donald Trump warned of military …
Trump’s nuclear talk threatens global chaos | The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
Inter alia, any such challenge could signal unique threats of nuclear terrorism or nuclear war. These unprecedented threats would be enlarged by …
Iran warns against US threats, reaffirms full preparedness – Mehr News Agency
Mehr News Agency
… threats made by Donald Trump … The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus – The Guardian
The Guardian
… war. Typical Russian lies. According to Reuters, the White House declined further comment on the reported attack on Putin’s residence after …
The ‘thorny’ issues that threaten to derail a Russia-Ukraine peace deal – BBC
BBC
Two of the main sticking points involve territory and the fate of Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, which is currently occupied by Russia.
Russia claims to have moved nuclear-capable missile system into Belarus – The Guardian
The Guardian
The video appeared part of a choreographed attempt to intimidate Europe and to prepare Russians for a further escalation in the already brutal war …
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
eLife
… Yellowstone caldera around 640,000 years ago (Rosen et al., 2018). This would imply their ancestors colonized the caldera independently. Second …
Researchers discover the largest dinosaur footprints ever found, big enough to swallow a … – MSN
MSN
Finally Time to Refi? Sponsored. Ancient Yellowstone volcano under investigation after $680B discovery in caldera playIndicator. Buzz60. Ancient …
Map shows most dangerous lakes in America – MSN
MSN
Finally Time to Refi? Sponsored. Ancient Yellowstone volcano under investigation after $680B discovery in caldera playIndicator.
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31 December 2025 (posted by IAEA a couple of days early as the new year rolls around . . .)
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