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16% of France's power supply blocked amid protest - as nuclear reactormaintenance disrupted. Around 16% of the country's total power productionwas disrupted, according to data from grid operator RTE, as thousandscontinue to protest against President Macron's pension reforms. Sky News 11th April 2023 https://news.sky.com/story/french-strikes-disrupt-power-supply-and-nuclear-reactor-maintenance-12855013

An environmental group on Tuesday sued to block Pacific Gas & Electric fromseeking to extend the federal operating licenses for California´s lastnuclear power plant. A complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court byFriends of the Earth asks the court to prohibit the utility fromsidestepping its 2016 agreement with environmentalists and plant workers toclose the twin-domed…

Economics Minister Robert Habeck believes that Germany's forthcomingphase-out of nuclear energy is irreversible, despite all opposition. Afterthe shutdown on April 15, the last three power plants would "go intodismantling sooner or later," the Green politician told the newspapers ofthe Funke media group. Der Spiegel 10th April 2023 https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/atomausstieg-ist-laut-robert-habeck-unumkehrbar-a-249bb7e1-b652-4c38-8494-e66bb2789815

After decades of hard work by many courageous people, Germany is phasingout nuclear power. So that this success can finally become reality, we wantto demonstrate with you in Munich. Ever since Greenpeace Germany wasfounded in 1980, we have been fighting against the military and civilianuse of dangerous nuclear power, for example in Wackersdorf, Gorleben andGundremmingen.…

Two huge vessels have arrived off the coast of Somerset as offshore workcontinues on the UK's newest nuclear power station, Hinkley Point C. NamedNeptune and Sea Challenger, they are 'jack-up' vessels, used to create sixvertical shafts into the seabed. The shafts will be used to installcomponents for the power station's cooling water system. The plant…

 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/9/after-leak-secret-documents-south-korea-raise-spyi/ Leaked papers reportedly show that U.S. gathered signals intelligence from Seoul, a close all South Korean officials said Sunday they will “come up with our response accordingly” after revelations that the U.S. reportedly spied on its close ally and gathered signals intelligence related to South Korea‘s internal debate over weapons sales to the U.S., and Seoul‘s…

Why a WMD-free zone in the Middle East is more needed than ever., By Almuntaser Albalawi | April 10, 2023 Recent news reports suggesting Saudi Arabia is seeking US aid for a peaceful nuclear program are bringing attention to the distressing potential for nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East. Yet conversations about averting such a doomed future for…

Opinion: ¶ “Will Washington Halt The Global Renaissance Of Nuclear Power?” • New rules mandated by US Congress were supposed to provide a streamlined licensing process for small reactors, which are in advanced stages of development. Instead, the NRC staff simply cut and pasted the existing rules for conventional reactors into a 1,200-page regulation. [Foreign […]…

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Russia, China April 8, 2023, Rick Rozoff,  https://antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2023/04/08/white-house-u-s-withdrew-from-afghanistan-to-wage-war-with-russia-china/-- White House: After the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, it has become easier to support Kiev The administration of US President Joseph Biden believes that the decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan was correct. This has created more opportunities for Washington to provide assistance to Ukraine....