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Sizewell C permits approved despite concerns over potential mass fishdeaths. The Environment Agency has issued three new permits to Sizewell C,despite concerns that the approved cooling system and lack of fishdeterrent device could result in “thousands of fish dying every day”. ENDS 30th March 2023 https://www.endsreport.com/article/1818235/sizewell-c-permits-approved-despite-concerns-potential-mass-fish-deaths

A GROUP of specialist divers have entered Sellafield's nuclear pool for thefirst time in over 60 years. Divers have been carrying out vital clean-upand decommissioning work in the oldest legacy storage pond on theSellafield site. The last time a human entered Sellafield's Pile FuelStorage Pond was in 1958, when records show a maintenance operator andhealth…

Satellite images indicate North Korea may be close to completing a newreactor in its major nuclear complex in Yongbyon, according to 38 North, aWashington-based website that tracks events in the country. Constructioncrews are working on a support building at the site's Experimental LightWater Reactor (ELWR) development and water discharges have been spottednear the ELWR's pump…

World: ¶ “The Oceans Just Reached Their Hottest Temperature On Record As El Niño Looms” • Ocean temperatures have steadily risen over the past several years – despite a lengthy cooling La Niña. The oceans have been record-warm for the past four years, scientists reported in January, temperatures are still rising, and an El Niño […]…

Anti-nuclear activists are ringing warning bells that this week'sannouncement of a new Freeport for Anglesey represents a way in forunwanted new nuclear developments on the island, with at least six backersof the bid having direct connections to the industry. Named amongst the sponsors of the Freeport bid are leading nuclear industry businesses,Assystem, Bechtel, Last Energy,…

Polish RadioApril 3, 2023 Poland supplied first MiG-29 jets to Ukraine: official A senior aide to the Polish president has said that Poland has already transferred the first batch of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight the Russian invasion. Marcin Przydacz made the statement in a radio interview on Monday… *** He […]…

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Nuclear Winter Webinar 7 April https://beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-winter-webinar/ The Samuel Lawrence Foundation is hosting its “First Friday” Zoom Event at 11:30 AM PST (2:30 PM EST), featuring Brian Toon, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder on:  “Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange.” The event is moderated by…

The head of the United Nations atomic energy commission said on Wednesdaythat intensified fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant posesa threat to the facility’s safety. The increasing combat makes it urgentto find a way to prevent a catastrophic nuclear accident at theZaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, said International Atomic Energy Agencydirector general Rafael Mariano Grossi.…

March 31, 2023 more https://beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-winter-webinar/ The Samuel Lawrence Foundation is hosting its “First Friday” Zoom Event at 11:30 AM PST (2:30 PM EST), Friday, April 7, 2023 featuring Brian Toon, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder on “Nuclear Winter: The Environmental Consequences of a Nuclear Exchange.” The event…