CND Press Roundup Tuesday 13th December 2022

Lakenheath

• Beyond Nuclear has a page on its website about CND’s protests at Lakenheath and NATO nuclear-sharing.

Space

• Drone Wars has a news item on its questioning of the military and environmental impacts of conducting space launches from Scotland. 

UK Nuclear Energy

• The pro-nuclear Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has been re-selectedto stand as the Tory candidate for Anglesey in the next general election. Crosbie has been a staunch advocate of the building of a new nuclear plant at Wylfa.

• The Telegraph reports on the “breed of scrappy start-ups” challenging Rolls Royce in the rollout of new nuclear technology.

• Scottish NFLA has spoken out against the siting of a nuclear reactor at the former refinery at Grangemouth operated by chemical firm Ineos.

Nuclear Energy

• Reuters looks at how nuclear-reliant France is coping with fears of power outages after a strain on its power grid.

Fusion Energy

• Associated Press has an explainer on nuclear fusion following the “major scientific breakthrough” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

CND

• December’s issue of Campaign magazine is out and free to download. This edition has articles on the US nuclear posture review and the risks posed by nuclear plants in Ukraine.

North Korea

• Senior diplomats from the US, Japan, and South Korea met Tuesday to discuss responses to how North Korea uses cyber attacks to finance its nuclear programme.

• South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has told Sky News that North Korea is “ready” to conduct a nuclear test and is poised to carry one out, but did not know when that would be.

• Seoul has also called on China to actively support South Korean efforts for dialogue with North Korea.

• Reuters looks at how North Korean hackers are trying to deceive foreign researchers into writing articles for them.