Nonilex
Either way, #Netanyahu’s claim largely depends on #Israel’s formidable #intelligence community possessing a greater state of knowledge about Iran’s #nuclear program than either its #US counterparts or the #UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA).
As recently as 25 March, #TulsiGabbard, the US #DNI, told the #Senate intelligence cmte that the American intelligence community had assessed that #Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon.
Nonilex
Israeli ofcls also claimed to have presented information to the US that Iran had recently made the necessary technical breakthroughs.
#Netanyahu’s critics are saying he acted to pre-empt something else: a diplomatic agreement between the #US & #Iran on its civil #nuclear program, or even the demise of his own govt. They point out that #Israel has been saying for 20 years that Iran is on the brink of building a bomb.
Geriatric Gardener
Cogent analysis! Well worth a read!
“#Israel vs #Iran: What a Full-Scale #War Would Look Like – Analysis”
by Robert Inlakesh in Palestine Chronicle
“One wrong move in this [forthcoming] war is not the difference between a few IED attacks, foreign influence, or armed groups forming; it is a potential slippery slope towards nuclear weapons being used or the capture of occupied Jerusalem”
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-vs-iran-what-a-full-scale-war-would-look-like-analysis/
br00t4c
JD Vance Tells Theo Von Musk Might Never Be Allowed Back In MAGA 'Fold' Because He's 'Gone So Nuclear'
Atlas Obcsura
Three Mile Island Historical Marker in Middletown, Pennsylvania
On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.#disasters #nuclear #section-Atlas
Three Mile Island Historical Marker
Nonilex
The post no longer appears on Trump’s social media account.
#Trump did not say in the statement if he sought to discourage #Putin from attacking #Ukraine. The White House did not respond to a question inquiring if Trump pushed back against Putin. He rather expressed optimism over the prospect of working with Putin on another #ForeignPolicy priority: deterring #Iran’s #nuclear capabilities.
Nonilex
#Trump reserves special animosity, though, for the leader of the country that was invaded in the first place. Trump has told aides repeatedly that #Zelensky is a “bad guy” who is edging the world to the precipice of #nuclear #war [a war started by #Putin & #Russia]. But he has at other times told advisers that it is understandable that Zelensky is fighting back, given that he is in a war against an enemy who seems determined to keep bombing Ukrainian cities.
Ciarán Fahey
“The ultimate cost of cleaning up Sellafield, which contains waste from weapons programmes and atomic power generation, has been estimated at £136bn and could take more than 100 years.”
(Guardian) #Sellafield #nuclear ☢️
Bytes Europe
Trump Goes Nuclear – Legal Planet https://www.byteseu.com/1047582/ #Nuclear #NuclearPower #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #RadioactiveWaste #ReactorSafety
Daniel Pomarède
CEA: Une histoire spatiale qui commence en 1959
Pour traquer les poussières radioactives liées aux essais nucléaires, le CEA embarque un compteur Geiger dans un missile. À 100 km d’altitude, surprise : des rayons gamma viennent d’au-dessus. C’est le début de l’astrophysique au CEA.
📷 CEA/D. Baclet/C. Jehanno/J.Labeyrie
https://www.cea.fr/Pages/actualites/sciences-de-la-matiere/aventure-astrophysique.aspx
#CEA #Saclay #Astrophysics #Astrodon #space #science #missile #nuclear #physics #astronomy #astrodon #STEM #CEA80 #history #HistoryOfScience #rocket
Ham on Wry
BREAKING NEWS: Trump ordered the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants on Friday.
In unrelated news, the Russians did the same thing with Chernobyl.
#chernobyl #news #trump #nuclear #incompetence #breakingnews
Sean Bala
A question: if there was a cataclysm like in "Station Eleven" where 99% of humanity was wiped out, what would happen to #nuclear reactors and weapons? Are there doomsday scenarios for power plants in the event of something happening to the humans? Could such a site be decommissioned manually? How long would such a site last before it is dangerous?
The first person I thought to ask is @bojacobs but would love boosts for more thoughts!
Yogthos
Chinese scientists can extract uranium from seawater at $83 USD/kg, previous cost was $205 per kg, while spot price of uranium currently is around $150 per kg. This would make uranium extraction economical for long term nuclear power.
Minoru Saba
"A Russian Shahed drone... is estimated to have inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant"
"The strike in mid February... significantly damaged the €1.5bn containment structure... and is likely to take months if not years to completely repair"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/07/russian-drone-strike-caused-tens-of-millions-worth-of-damage-to-chornobyl
🔸Not sure #Japan's #nuclear plants are safe from attacks (let alone natural disasters & system failures), yet vested interests want to build new plants😬
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/06/24/companies/mitsubishi-heavy-new-japan-reactor/
Bytes Europe
Is it time for Japan to have nuclear arms? Trump uncertainty sparks debate https://www.byteseu.com/966909/ #Arms #debate #have #is #IT #Japan #Nuclear #sparks #time #trump #Uncertainty
Yogthos
China is leading the world in operational nuclear power capacity with 113 million kilowatts, surpassing the US and France, according to a report released at the Spring International Forum on Sustainable Nuclear Energy Development. The country plans to expand its nuclear energy industry and has approved the construction of 10 new reactors, with a combined investment of over 200 billion yuan.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/28/WS680f9880a310a04af22bcace.html
Alec Roberts
An analysis by independent think tank Climate Energy Finance found the Coalition’s #nuclear plan would cost the Australian economy at least $4.3 trillion by 2050 attributed to the hollowing out of Australian industry, permanently higher total energy costs, uncosted unabated carbon pollution and trillions of dollars in lost GDP.
Alec Roberts
More counterfactuals on Australian #nuclear
The Australian Liberal/National Party Coalition's nuclear plan would cost the Australian economy at least $4.3 trillion by 2050, according to the latest independent analysis
https://theenergy.co/article/more-counterfactuals-on-australian-nuclear
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
so JD Vance basically told the EU, he & Trump will destroy #NATO and sic #nuclear #bombs on them, if the union won’t let #Facebook #Meta #Google #Alphabet #Twitter #Xitter #Microsoft #OpenAI #Amazon #Apple and the Silicon Valley fascistocracy, traffic Europeans digitally and rob them of their lives & livelyhoods.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lmwippl2ac2w
because let me be clear: they aren't trafficking our "data". they are trafficking us.
turning humans into tradeable assets is a cornerstone of #slavery
Tracy Rosenberg
Pacific Gas & Electric, which runs Diablo Canyon, announced a deal with artificial intelligence startup Atomic Canyon— heralding it in a press release as “the first on-site generative #AI deployment at a U.S. #nuclear power plant.” #DiabloCanyon https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/04/first-nuclear-plant-ai-at-diablo-canyon/
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