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COMMENT. This is a fine article about Lise Meitner's achievements. But the author attributes the neglect of Meitner to the fact that she was Jewish. I don't think it had anything to do with anti-semitism. THIS WAS MEITNER's CRIME: when Meitner was invited to work on the Manhattan Project, she responded, “I will have nothing to do…

The Stop Hinkley Campaign has reacted to the news that the cost of HinkleyPoint C has ballooned to £46bn and that the first reactor may not now beopen until 2031. Stop Hinkley Spokesperson Roy Pumfrey said: “TheGovernment will have known for days if not weeks that this announcement wascoming – we certainly heard rumours. You…

Dominic Cummings said amongst other things the MoD has: continued to allowcritical parts of the nuclear weapons infrastructure to rot creatingfurther massive secret budget nightmares as well as extremely seriousphysical dangers (cf. the recent near disaster with a submarine), UK Parliament 24th Jan 2024 https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-01-24/debates/1F1CF40C-91E6-4C9B-A9BB-32A7EB43DAC4/NuclearDefenceInfrastructureParliamentaryScrutiny

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/7tcNJ0FWOyw?si=wz8oHfj8NdwWCaVe Sott.net, Sun, 28 Jan 2024  © Sott.netYou have to hand it to Israel. In the space of 24 hours it diverted international media focus from the ICJ's ruling that it 'must prevent genocide' and 'allow humanitarian aid into Gaza' into a de facto Western blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza by alleging that the…

Should we be bothered that Hinkley C nuclear power station has run even further overbudget (the latest estimate is £35 billion, nearly twice that quoted whenthe project was given the go-ahead in 2016) and that its completion datehas been put back yet further, to 2031? After all, the whole point of offering French energy giant…

Now, to add to my confusion - Mastodon sent me a message "My appeal has been approved. My account is back again" . My appeal was just "I don't understand why my account has been suspended. No reason was given" . So, now I am going to give Mastodon another go

Alistair Osborne: Growing mountain of wasted money is a radioactiveprospect. Rishi Sunak’s apparent determination to press ahead withmammoth investment in new nuclear reactors, whatever the cost, might notprove to be the best solution. It’s only a week since he set off — again — with his uncosted “nuclear road map”: a plan to have 24 gigawatts…

Almost 200 years before Electricite de France (EDF) signed a nuclear contract with Britain, France got decisively beaten by England, in the battle of Waterloo. That defeat ended France's attempts to dominate Europe. Now in 2024, France is suffering a humiliating blow, because of that 2016 contract. In essence, EDF agreed to be  solely responsible for…

 Two men attended sentencing hearings today in federal court for theirroles in creating false calibration certificates in a matter within thejurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Miguel MarcialAmaro and Martin Ramos had each previously pleaded guilty to the felonyoffense of making and using a false document, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1001. Each defendant…

 The fallout from EDF's confirmation its flagship Hinkley Point nuclearproject is facing further delays and budget overruns continued yesterday,with reports French Ministers are preparing to call on their UKcounterparts to help shoulder some of the ballooning costs faced by thestate-owned energy giant. The FT reported the French government ispreparing to call directly on the Westminster…