“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Jan 01, 2026
LLAW’s Nuclear World News’ Image and/or Lead Story for Today . . .
from Lloyd Albert Williams/Pendergraft
This is one of my favorite images of PG&E’s nuclear power plant in Diablo Canyon near Avila Beach about 10 miles southwest of San Luis Obispo., the last commercial power plant operating in California. It looks so serene, peaceful, and efficient. Bu it is nothing of the kind . . . ~llaw
You can pick whatever you are interested in from the “Nuclear World News Today” section down below, but today I am not reading any of it. Instead I will be re-reading, editing and re-writing the prologue and a few early chapters of “El Nuclear Diablo”, a novel I hope to finish by this time in 2028, and also hope the world and its life still remains active and intact, and available to read on into the unknown future of life on planet Earth . . .
LLAW’s Thoughts, Concerns, and Fears about Today’s Nuclear World and beyond . . .
Happy New Year 2026 to you all! I hope in my heart and soul that there will someday come a day when “All Things Nuclear” are gone forever rather than humanity and other life on planet Earth. Could it ever happen this way?
Yes, it could, but it will take a long and concerted effort by the coming together of common folk around the world in order to accomplish the most difficult task we collectively have ever faced, and yet, paradoxically, every day we are making a successful future more difficult because we fail to fully understand the death knoll future that “All Things Nuclear” that faces the entire population of humanity, meaning one day soon we may unintentionally destroy ourselves through nuclear war and/or nuclear power.
As some of you know, I am in the process of writing a fictional story — a novel, draft titled “El Nuclear Diablo” that is based on a possible future reality — that I hope will be published and available to the world by this day in 2028 rather than a wasted effort because the fears of foreseeable destruction and death in the meantime. The story, at least for now, ultimately has a somewhat perverse but happy ending, unlike what may well happen to us all in the reality of our meantime. The story tells us why and how our armageddon of a nuclear ending didn’t need to happen at all . . .
Part of the posting in this daily blog will be dedicated to gradually explaining to the existing world, if interested, how the vision(s) I have in the novel are faced up to and that the hardship , terror, persevering, fighting back, coming together in a communal way, eventually offering those of us the opportunity to save our world and its thousands of shades of life may live to see another well- deserved day . . . ~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, Thursday, (01/01/2026)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
India successfully tests nuclear-capable K-4 missile, Pakistan in panic – video Dailymotion
Dailymotion
10:5027 years later, all four submarines are in the water. 10:54And as Admiral Mahindru mentioned, we are very close to CASD, that is continuous at …
Remembering the musicians we lost in 2025 | Iowa Public Radio
Iowa Public Radio
The Harvard educated mathematician found humor in just about any subject, including nuclear annihilation. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “WE WILL ALL GO TOGETHER …
MTV made it big with music videos. Where does it stand today? | WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s …
WFAE
Justine Kenin is an editor on All Things Considered. She joined NPR in … Duke Energy seeks federal review for potential Belews Creek nuclear site.
Nuclear Power
NEWS
In quotes: What to watch out for in 2026 – World Nuclear News
World Nuclear News
What are the main priorities, the key events and the likely big developments in new nuclear capacity in 2026? Here’s an edited transcript of World …
Electric Vehicles and Nuclear Power Are Fighting Over One Obscure Mineral | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
The energy transition’s reliance on ultra-high-purity synthetic graphite for EV batteries and nuclear reactors creates a chokepoint heavily …
America announces its largest deployment to date, with Meta, Amazon, and Google working together
Ecoportal
Per WNA, from 439 power reactors, only 9 percent of the world’s electricity is currently produced by nuclear energy. As of the beginning of 2025, the …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
One Day Prior to Planned Closure, DOE Orders Colorado Coal-Fired Unit to Keep Running
POWER Magazine
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued another emergency order to keep a coal-fired power plant operating, this time saying a Colorado …
DOE Uses Emergency Powers to Freeze More Than 2 GW of Coal Retirements as …
POWER Magazine
Top Plant · Flamanville 3: Europe’s Hard-Won Nuclear Milestone · Read the Full issue. Power Magazine. News & Technology for the Global Energy Industry.
No danger to residents after acid leak at Belgian nuclear power plant | Caliber.Az
Caliber.Az
Emergency services intervened at the Tihange nuclear power plant in the province of Liège following a hydrochloric acid leak, …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Iran sends letter to IAEA over recent US threats – Mehr News Agency
Mehr News Agency
… threats against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program … Enemy …
Iran Warns US Threats Against Its Nuclear Program Endanger IAEA Credibility, NPT
Iran Front Page
In a letter to the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on Wednesday, the mission said the US threat against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program will …
Tehran warns normalizing US threats undermines IAEA credibility – The New Region
The New Region
… threats made by Washington would damage the agency’s credibility and … nuclear scientists, which Washington joined by bombing key nuclear facilities.
Nuclear War
NEWS
Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles have entered active service, Moscow says
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, …
Rare Russo-Ukraine Local Ceasefire Allows Critical Power Line Repair at Nuclear Power Plant
Kyiv Post
Captured by Russian forces in the early days of the Russo-Ukraine War, in Feb. 2022, the six-reactor ZNPP is a major bone of contention between Kyiv …
Israeli prime minister discusses possible second strike on Iran with Trump – Anadolu Ajansı
Anadolu Ajansı
… war between the US-Israel alliance and Iran. The war targeted Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and missile capabilities. Trump, who previously …
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
‘Challis volcanics’ major part of volcanic history of central Idaho – Buckrail
Buckrail
CENTRAL IDAHO — The Yellowstone caldera isn’t the only major player in the volcanic history of the region; Idaho also hosts a colorful volcanic …
The ‘doomsday glacier’ is living up to its name as experts find more warning signs – MSN
MSN
Ancient Yellowstone volcano under investigation after $680B discovery in caldera playIndicator · This boat hit land at full throttle and the result is …
The Great Flood is on top of Netflix’s most-watched movies of the week list – MSN
MSN
11 Dumbest Things Middle-Class Americans Waste Money On · Sponsored. Ancient Yellowstone volcano under investigation after $680B discovery in caldera …
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