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Planet Radio 24 Jan 24 Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston and Burghfield are on a 24-hour strike after two months of other forms of industrial action in a dispute over pay. Action short of a strike started in mid-November and will re-commence on Thursday January 25. ..............................................https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/berkshire-north-hampshire/news/workers-awe-aldermaston-burghfield-strike/

A major nuclear plant that Britain’s government hopes will generate affordable, low-carbon energy could cost up to 46 billion pounds, or $59 billion, and the completion date could be delayed to after 2029 abc news, By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press, January 25, 2024 LONDON -- A major nuclear plant that Britain's government hopes will generate affordable,…

Center-right leader Manfred Weber says EU needs to prepare for war without US help and must build its own atomic shield.   Politico, BY JAKOB HANKE VELA AND NICOLAS CAMUT, JANUARY 25, 2024  Facing the potential return of Donald Trump to the White House, the head of the EU's biggest political grouping is calling for Europeans to prepare…

Britain's flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been delayed until2029 at the earliest, with the cost spiralling to as much as £46bn, in thelatest blow to a project at the heart of the country's long-term energyplans. The surging bill and slipping schedule, announced on Tuesday by theFrench state-owned operator and constructor EDF, will put…

 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240124-israel-minister-renews-call-for-striking-gaza-with-nuclear-bomb/ Israel’s far-right Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu today renewed his call for striking the Gaza Strip with a “nuclear bomb.” “Even in The Hague they know my position,” the Times of Israel newspaper quoted Eliyahu as saying during a tour of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, in reference to his previous call for using nuclear weapons in…

Energy Live News, 24 Jan 24 1Opponents of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant, dismissed by the Court of Appeal, seek Supreme Court appeal as the government commits an extra £1.3 billion for project construction in Suffolk. he government’s recent announcement of an extra £1.3 billion support for the project has prompted a renewed legal bid from…

Global Stringer, 22-Jan-2024,  https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-01-22/We-Talk-Fijian-youths-condemn-Japan-s-discharge-of-radioactive-water-1qz4wGtqnkc/p.html The fourth round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will begin in late February 2024, with a total release of 7,800 tonnes, local media reported on December 18. Japan has so far completed three rounds of nuclear discharge, sending more than 23,000 tonnes of nuclear…

Watch the Clock unveiling live here on January 23 at 10 a.m. EST Right now, the Clock is the closest it has ever been at 90 seconds to midnight. What time will it be this year? Join experts from our Science and Security Board along with science educator Bill Nye on January 23rd at 10…

ByEDITORJanuary 21, 2024 Mexico and Chile have joined South Africa, Bolivia, Djibouti, Bangladesh, and the Comoros in calling on the ICC to investigate Israel for its crimes in Gaza, including war crimes and genocide. By Tanupriya Singh / Peoples Dispatch Chile and Mexico have called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the crimes being…

Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash. Panel wasoriginally composed of 28 men, a move condemned as ‘regressive’ and‘shocking’. The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to thepreviously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climatesummit, which the country will host in December.  Guardian 19th Jan 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/19/women-cop29-climate-summit-committee-backlash