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 Swiss women win landmark climate victory at European Court of HumanRights. Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimedinaction on the climate crisis by their government put them at greater riskof death from heatwaves.  Independent 9th April 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/court-human-rights-europe-climate-crisis-b2525695.html  BBC 9th April 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68768598

In two separate incidents on the same day last month, Los Alamos National Laboratory workers accidentally set off decontamination showers, causing flooding in the lab's plutonium facility, and a technician stuffed radioactive wipes into a vest pocket and took them home, a government watchdog says. Reports: 2 mishaps in LANL's plutonium facility in one day

 Energy Intelligence Group, Apr 5, 2024, Author Grace Symes, London Finland's 1,650 megawatt Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor has had to curtailoutput more than a dozen times since it began regular electricitygeneration in April 2023 due to Finnish electric grid limitations, as wellas low Finnish electricity prices and technical issues. While Olkiluoto-3 has itself helped to lower…

 Zaporizhzhia: Russia claims Ukrainian drone hit dome of nuclear powerplant. Radiation levels at Russian-held nuclear plant remain normal and noserious damage was reported. Russia has claimed a Ukrainian drone hit thedome above the nuclear reactor at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant onSunday.  Evening Standard 7th April 2024 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/zaporizhzhia-ukraine-war-russia-nuclear-plant-drone-b1149957.html

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Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation U.S. nuclear plant,backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new projects willcome online by the end of the decade. Late last year, the U.S. energycompany NuScale announced it was pulling the plug on a small modularreactor (SMR) project in the western state of Idaho. The project —…

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC shares faced a blow as X-energy and CavendishNuclear were awarded £3.34 million from the government to buildmini-nuclear reactors in Hartlepool. These funds will aid X-energy andBabcock International PLC owned Cavendish's plans to build 12 mini nucleargenerators, known as small modular reactors, in the County Durham town bythe early 2030s. Proactive Investor 5th…

 Heatwaves now last much longer than they did in the 1980s. A globalanalysis of heatwaves over a span of 40 years shows that they are gettingmore frequent, moving slower and lasting longer.  New Scientist 29th March 2024 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424847-heatwaves-now-last-much-longer-than-they-did-in-the-1980s

We must all do our bit in the fight against climate change to avoid a global catastrophe By Anthony Seaton 7th Apr 2024, Climate change is the greatest threat to our way of life since 1939. Thenwe responded when the Nazis threatened to invade. I recall the sirens,burning buildings, queues, rationing, shared privations. Few remember thistoday,…

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