Notices tagged with nuclear

Yet as a real #war broke out…in the #MiddleEast, #Trump seemed reluctant to get involved, declining to join #Israel in its aerial blitz against Iran’s #nuclear facilities despite years of chest-thumping threats of “obliteration” against the Islamic regime.While he authorized US forces to help defend Israel from Iran’s subsequent retaliation,in keeping w/past practice, Trump made clear that he would not target #Iran himself, at least for now, & instead urged it to return to the negotiating table.

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#MiddleEastWar #WarInUkraine
#InternationalRelations #Israel
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The #Netanyahu Regime's waging a hazardous multifront war has proven desastrous for its enemies so far. Attacking #Iran's increasingly "too enriched" #nuclear capabilities might be a worthwhile target yet, if successful.
Remotely executing its Revolutionary leaders is, in my view, apart from a declaration of war, yet again clearly in breech of #InternationalLaw.

An...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israels-main-international-airport-will-remain-closed-until-further-notice/ar-AA1GGVXp

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.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast

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.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war

Cogent analysis! Well worth a read!

“#Israel vs #Iran: What a Full-Scale #War Would Look Like – Analysis”

by Robert Inlakesh in Palestine Chronicle

@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour

“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/

#Press #US #Hezbollah #Hamas #Nuclear

JD Vance Tells Theo Von Musk Might Never Be Allowed Back In MAGA 'Fold' Because He's 'Gone So Nuclear'

#MAGA #Reinvitation #Nuclear #JDVance #Politics

https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/jd-vance-tells-theo-von-musk-might-never-be-allowed-back-in-maga-fold-because-hes-gone-so-nuclear/

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

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.

#Russia #PutinsPuppet #TACO #geopolitics #TrumpIsWeak

#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.

#PutinsPuppet #TACO #TrumpIsWeak

“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 ☢️

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/04/sellafield-nuclear-clean-up-mps-public-accounts-committee

Trump Goes Nuclear – Legal Planet https://www.byteseu.com/1047582/ #Nuclear #NuclearPower #NuclearRegulatoryCommission #RadioactiveWaste #ReactorSafety

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

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

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!

#Science #Energy #ScienceFiction #SSF #Technology #Fiction

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.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479709-new-way-to-pull-uranium-from-water-can-help-chinas-nuclear-power-push/

#china #technology #nuclear #nuclearpower

"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/

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

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

#china #nuclearpower #nuclear

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.

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