The global nuclear lobby will be glad when March is over. They were glad to see the end of January – too much public interest then in the U.N. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. March is worse, especially because of the 10 year anniversary (11th March) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, with clean-up nowhere in sight. The half-hearted hype is now on for the Olympic Games in July. The whole plan was for the Games to demonstrate that the nuclear catastrophe was actually nothing much to worry about, and yet again, to promise a ‘nuclear renaissance’. International Women’s Day – today 8th March, is a bit of a worry for the nuclear industry. Ionising radiation is more damaging to women than to men, and polls consistently show that women oppose nuclear power. Women are rarely part of decision-making, and when they are – shock horror! With nearly equal female representation in Switzerland’s parliament – it decided to shut down the nuclear industry. In Germany, that very strong Chancellor Angela Merkel, was a supporter of nuclear power – but after the Fukushima catastrophe, she changed her mind. It’s all a dilemma for the nuke lobby – trying to get some (preferably young and glam) women into the nuclear career, – but oh dear, they might put too much emphasis on health, children’s future, etc – and hysterically change their mind, as Merkel did.