LLAW’s “ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” #505 01/08/2024)
”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
LLAW’s THOUGHTS & COMMENTS :
We who believe and understand anti-all things nuclear and why they must be eliminated now and forever from human use, need to have more active voices in the media. I have written more than 500 Posts in the same amount of days concerning the how all things nuclear, together with nuclear use and waste from it coupled with waste and use of energy from greenhouse gasses is a very straight road to our human and other life’s extinction. The average everyday citizens of the world’s countries, including those with nuclear arms, fail to understand how our lives and life in general are being affected and put at risk everywhere on the planet because a huge majority of us have no idea how these twin threats to humanity’s demise relate to every one of us presently living on planet Earth.
But what is obvious to me is that we as an average group of humans who exist will never make that connection. It’s a huge leap to ‘know’ that just these two human-created products could remove virtually all life from planet. It would be the 6th Extinction in the 4.5+ billion years that the Earth has been here, but the 1st one where humans existed, and shamefully, we will be the cause of it if it happens. Other than world-wide pestilence of an unknown virus, it is doubtful that this would otherwise ever happen, and some life forms would likely not be affected. So to us, at least, the ultimate exterminator is radiation and/or atmospheric asphyxiation. Neither one cares about who or what you are, so when push comes to shove there is no way out once both are entirely out of control, and neither of them dies or goes away on their own.
We have to stop relying on demagogues and other politicians, capitalists, propaganda creators, and preachers. We must turn to educators and scientists, and find the ambition to do our own extended research — especially about ‘All Things Nuclear” if we expect to survive.
What I happen to know after a life of some successes, followed by rocky roads and dead ends, yet all that along with learning and absorbing from my own education, life’s work, effort, research, and knowledge is that the greatest threat to life on planet Earth is uranium and its nuclear power, either for war or peace, and the only way for life to survive here is to join together, reverse our common direction in life, and go back the other way. Nothing ‘nuclear’ will ever take us in that direction. Nor will the continued use of nuclear power plants and other fossil fuel power providers that will continue to temporarily comfort ourselves until they won’t. Either path we follow, forward or in reverse, Mother Nature will eventually have her way. Only one of those paths will include human life. ~llaw
ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA:
There are 5 categories (plus a bonus category at the end for news about the Yellowstone caldera and others that also play an important role in humanity’s lives) as do ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 linked most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (Especially with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual appearing order:
All Things Nuclear
Nuclear Power
Nuclear War
Nuclear Power Emergencies
Nuclear War Threats
Yellowstone Caldera
(There are three Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in tonight’s Post.)
Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.
A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (per above). There are three Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available at the end of this Post. If a category heading does not appear, it means there was no news reported from this category today.
(A reminder, just in case: When linked, the access to the media story will be underlined. If there is no link to a media story of interest you can still copy and paste the headline and lead line into your browser to find the article you are seeking. Hopefully this will never happen.)
TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS (01/08/2024):
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Washington Heats Up Nuclear Energy Competition With Russia, China - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
... all while linking the countries' energy systems to the U.S. and its allies. ... 20 Years Searching for Workouts Taught Me These 10 Things. January 6 ...
Inside the Nuclear Fusion Facility That Changed the World | TIME
Time
... about the idea of using controlled nuclear fusion to produce electricity in the 1950s. ... all the more potent. Entrepreneurs have embraced that ...
Miss America visits to talk STEM, nuclear engineering, self-confidence
Idaho National Laboratory
... about nuclear power and zero-carbon energy. In this respect, she was an ... “Nuclear science is all around us,” she said. “You've got it right here ...
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Where Now for Nuclear Power? | City Journal
City Journal
Where Now for Nuclear Power? Despite some major setbacks, the technology remains vital to the nation's energy future—but the U.S. needs to enact major ...
UK to launch HALEU production programme : Uranium & Fuel - World Nuclear News
World Nuclear News
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho. said: "Britain gave the world its first operational nuclear power plant, and ...
Only a nuclear reactor can make Pueblo “whole” after Xcel Energy closes last coal-fired ...
The Colorado Sun
... nuclear power plant, according to a community-based energy committee. “Comanche has been an economic generator for this community for a long time ...
Nuclear War
NEWS
Is it conceivable for Russia to use nuclear weapons? - Dhaka Tribune
Dhaka Tribune
However, officials do not appear to believe that the war in Ukraine could lead Russia to use its nuclear arsenal against a NATO state, however furious ...
Russia Warned Before the Attack on Ukraine and China, Iran and and North Korea ... - CodePink
CodePink
Will the Biden Administration Listen or Will We Have More Wars—Maybe Nuclear? By Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright. On Tuesday, January 3, 204, ...
From Lebanon to the Red Sea, a Broader Conflict With Iran Looms - The New York Times
The New York Times
... attack on its nuclear facilities. In the summer of 2023, however, Brett McGurk, Mr. Biden's Middle East coordinator, quietly pieced together two ...
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Mass. and N.H. Release Updated Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Guides
WHAV
Massachusetts and New Hampshire have both released updated brochures to guide residents in the event of an emergency at the Seabrook nuclear power ...
Delegation Seeks Public Forum Before NRC Rules On Seabrook Emergency Plan Changes
InDepthNH.org
... a public forum before making a decision on NextEra's proposed changes to the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant's 40-year-old emergency plan.
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Is it conceivable for Russia to use nuclear weapons? - Dhaka Tribune
Dhaka Tribune
All the while, Russian government officials have threatened to launch a nuclear attack, as former President Dmitriy Medvedev did in July when he said ...
FM nominee vows to accelerate S. Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation amid growing N.K. threats
Yonhap News Agency
... nuclear threats from North Korea. North Korea has recently upped the ... war and U.S.-China rivalry. The nominee added he will ramp up efforts to ...
Pope calls for universal ban on surrogacy in global roundup of threats to peace and ... - iHeartRadio
iHeartRadio
... threats to global peace and human dignity ... Citing Russia's war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, migration and climate crises and the ...
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Caldera or crater…what's the difference? | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
USGS.gov
Yellowstone caldera is gigantic—about 70 by 45 kilometers (43 by 28 miles). In the language of volcanology, a small collapse—perhaps a few hundred ...
Yellowstone's Seismic Activity In 2023: 1600 Earthquakes, World's Largest Geyser Slowing Down
Cowboy State Daily
Poland published a geological retrospective of 2023 in the Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, a weekly blog of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
Winter Tourism in Island Park about to pick up thanks to recent snow storms - Local News 8
Local News 8
Last year was historic in terms of snow fall in the Yellowstone caldera and surrounding areas. While this year has had less snow on the ground ...