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How much will the UK's new nuclear submarines really cost?

The terrible truth is that nobody knows how much this will cost. 25th April  What does it cost, and how many jobs does it actually create? This isespecially important now with the next generation of nuclear-poweredsubmarines, the “Dreadnought” class, starting construction. When the UK Government announced the programme to replace the current Valiant classboats, the cost they announced in…

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Nuclear Power’s Lethal, Larcenous End Game

BY HARVEY WASSERMAN 26 Apr 24 For the first time since 1954, no large new atomic reactors are under construction or on order in the United States. On March 1, 2024, Vogtle Unit 4 connected to the Georgia grid …years behind schedule and billions over budget.   Once hyped as “too cheap to meter,” America’s last large light-water reactor thus forever froze the “Peaceful Atom” in financial…

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Three Cheers for Our Red, White, and Blue War Profiteers

“For not even 9 percent of the annual defense budget over the past two years, one of the US’ two main adversaries has suffered over 300,000 casualties and lost tens of thousands of pieces of equipment.” New Eastern Outlook26.04.2024 Author: Phil Butler ……. It’s been reported hundreds of times in alternative media, the big win for the U.S. military-industrial complex for every Ukrainian or…

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Decrepit nuclear reactors operate without meaningful inspections or insurance.

Convicted of 92 federal felony manslaughter counts, Diablo’s Pacific Gas & Electric is a criminal operation.  Its 2010 negligence at San Bruno gas lines incinerated eight people.  Its faulty transmission lines killed 84 people in northern California’s infamous 2017 Camp Fire.  No PG&E executive went to prison any of those killings.  In 2021 its CEO was paid $51.2 million.  . Nuclear Power’s…

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The US secretly sent long-range ATACMS to Ukraine — and Kyiv used them

The transfer of Army Tactical Missile Systems with a nearly 200-mile range ends a yearslong drama between Washington and Kyiv. By ALEXANDER WARD and LARA SELIGMAN, Politico, 04/24/2024 The Biden administration last month secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for the first time in the two-year war — and Kyiv has already used the weapon twice to strike deep behind Russian lines. In…

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Quickly burying the “Peaceful Atom” and its fossil-fueled partners will be the task of our lifetimes.

According to nuclear expert Lindsay Krall, in conjunction with research conducted by former NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane, SMRs could create thirty times more radioactive wastes per kilowatt-hour than the original light water reactors now reaching oblivion.  Like them, the SMRs would emit radioactive carbon while generating planetary heat and threatening major disasters that remain…

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New Nuclear Energy: Assessing the National Security Risks

 https://blogs.gwu.edu/elliott-iistp/research-2/ 26 Apr 24 IISTP Research Professor Sharon Squassoni publishes a comprehensive report assessing the risks of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Read the complete report: “New Nuclear Energy: Assessing the National Security Risks“. GWU REPORT: NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS GROW WITH NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY Drone strikes against Ukraine’s nuclear reactors…

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Blinken threatens China over Russia ties (VIDEO)

 https://www.sott.net/article/490922-Blinken-threatens-China-over-Russia-ties-VIDEO 26 Apr 24 The US Secretary of State says Washington is prepared to impose more sanctions on Beijing over the alleged transfer of military components. Washington is ready to introduce more sanctions against China over its alleged transfer of dual-use goods and components, which can supposedly be used by the…

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Nation gone ballistic -The Star Bungled Banner

So Congress has voted US$61 billion in “aid for Ukraine”. The US has finally admitted that it has already supplied Ukraine with 100 ATACMS missiles, each one worth $1.5 million. A single Patriot battery is about $1 billion. In other words, this war is really aid for MICIMATT. You gotta include the media, think tanks, and academia in this—in addition to the military-industrial complex and the…

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Dutton’s nuclear policy backfires

Mike Seccombe  The Saturday Paper, 27 Apr 24 This much can be said for Colin Boyce: he is not one of the federal Coalition’s nuclear nimbys. He would, if necessary, agree to have a nuclear power station in his electorate………………………………………………….. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s announcement on March 12 that the Coalition would “shortly” announce about six sites across the country where nuclear…

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How much will the UK's new nuclear submarines really cost?

The terrible truth is that nobody knows how much this will cost. 25th April  What does it cost, and how many jobs does it actually create? This isespecially important now with the next generation of nuclear-poweredsubmarines, the “Dreadnought” class, starting construction. When the UK Government announced the programme to replace the current Valiant classboats, the cost they announced in…

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Nuclear Power’s Lethal, Larcenous End Game

BY HARVEY WASSERMAN 26 Apr 24 For the first time since 1954, no large new atomic reactors are under construction or on order in the United States. On March 1, 2024, Vogtle Unit 4 connected to the Georgia grid …years behind schedule and billions over budget.   Once hyped as “too cheap to meter,” America’s last large light-water reactor thus forever froze the “Peaceful Atom” in financial…

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Noelle McAfee, Emory Philosophy Department chair detained in protests,

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TODAY. Japan - the return of the "Nuclear Village"?

A first in Japan – The municipal assembly of Genkai in southwestern Japan will request a survey to see if their area is suitable for an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste. When the Mayor approves this survey,  the Saga Prefecture town, will receive up to 2 billion yen ($12.9 million) in state subsidies for allowing the survey. Local business associations had submitted…

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Dutton’s atomic bet threatens Coalition chain reaction over climate

Dutton blew this strategy to pieces when he indicated earlier this year that he would soon unveil a far more ambitious project. One that would dramatically escalate the political debate by embracing large-scale baseload nuclear in places like the Hunter and La Trobe valleys, Anglesea in Victoria, South Australia’s Port Augusta, Collie in WA and Tarong in Littleproud’s Queensland electorate. “He…

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Nuclear-waste dams threaten Central Asia heartland

 Dams holding large amounts of nuclear waste can be found in Kyrgyzstan’sscenic hills. However, following a 2017 landslide they have becomeunstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if theycollapse.  Reuters 24th April 2024

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Why Iran may accelerate its nuclear program, and Israel may be tempted to attack it

Iran’s nuclear sites will continue to present a tempting target for Israel in any further escalation of the conflict between the two. The Bulletin, By Darya Dolzikova, Matthew Savill | April 26, 2024 On April 19, Israel carried out a strike deep inside Iranian territory, near the city of Isfahan. The attack was apparently in retaliation for a major Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel a…

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