CND Press Digest: Tuesday 18th July 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Nato should not enter the war – and here’s why, Opinion: Today’s nuclear weapons are much more powerful than Oppenheimer’s nukes.

British Nuclear Weapons

• Babcock has been awarded a contract to carry out the refit of HMS Victorious. 
• i columnist Mark Wallace can’t understand why CND’s is opposed to nuclear weapons in this piece about Oppenheimer and why he thinks we still need nuclear weapons today.

Nuclear War

• An Essex farmer says he and his family are prepared to live underground in a secret nuclear bunker “for as long as it takes” if Putin strikes.

UK Nuclear Energy

• The delayed launch of Great British Nuclear takes place at the Science Museum today, with millions of pounds up for grabs by nuclear firms. Sjuazkhhv8BPFVaECruOPxEyiBWCGMScWRyu-M3NDWrM2Lzk5f2cRTV_vQ6ByxWFeHBVMepAc5ru9pZr_4uQlUqJVtWemHCpbklVgpnMxJlcpmVohoVXIo2vElLGY5bSw-VDV6riK4Y8P2s9J3lU2LerseRhIwZkfmCqG823THmWqrNCscyhPFccWe4fYrOlG9xRLzb4DYPQquL_5BlhHTArflGCVzc6leaLIAX1plNiso29lr6JkjJL_YfWfvbHn5_RrgG-tJ-C0w2YKTTe98f2R-tOFa1hQzFbfzCe9w/3xz/CXLy2wHvQ8ypXNrPnYCs1A/h6/uLlQX0bGkFnbLPi5hGzDoIoGP-Duc2o-c-bcU0GyWdU”>Reuters, The Evening Standard, City AM, East Anglian Daily Times, and looks at SNP opposition to the Westminster government’s SMR nuclear plan.

Nuclear Energy

• Westinghouse has signed a deal with the Slovakian government to deploy AP1000 reactors and AP300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in the country.
• High temperatures on the River Danube last week forced Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant to operate three of its reactors at reduced capacity.

Radwaste

• Beyond Nuclear republished an article on the 1979 accidental release of radioactive waste at the Church Rock uranium mine and mill site.
• Traditional owners opposing the Australian federal government’s plan for a nuclear waste dump on their land in South Australia have had a major win, with a court ruling the facility can’t be built.

North Korea

• Officials from South Korea and the US met on Tuesday in Seoul to discuss their joint response to North Korean missile testing. The Nuclear Consultative Group was established as part of agreements Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol made when they met in April.
• Reuters a rare look at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant as it prepares to release radioactive water.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament