CND Press Digest: Wednesday 9th August 2023

Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• Coverage of Salisbury CND’s recent commemorative candle float.

Nuclear Testing

• BBC: Nuclear weapons tests in the mid-20th Century left a hidden legacy within our cells – along with most living things on Earth. This “bomb spike” has proven surprisingly useful to scientists, helping them crack police investigations and bust brain myths. Now, it has provided a clever way to mark the start of the Anthropocene.

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Nuclear plants located in territory controlled by Kyiv will be fully operational by winter and in a position to provide electricity to the country, its nuclear agency saidon Monday.
• David Axe writes for The Telegraph on Russia’s nuclear posturing and recent comments by Dmitry Medvedev.

AUKUS

• Contract for first phase of AUKUS submarines build agreed with BAE.
• Sky News Australia: ‘Undermine the US alliance’: Revolt inside Labor over AUKUSpact.
• Sky News Australia: The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says China is acting “very aggressively” to hurt the AUKUS deal.

UK Nuclear Energy

• City AM on Bill Gate’s drive to enter Britain’s small modular reactor race. 
• The Socialist Worker reports on unofficial industrial disputes impacting work at Hinkley Point C - after a walk out on Friday prompted the site to close.

Nuclear Energy

• How the “Nuclear Renaissance” Robs and Roasts Our Earth.

Iran Nuclear Deal

• Russia has spoken out against the US putting what Moscow called “maximum pressure” on Iran over its nuclear programme.

North Korea

• An investigation by Reuters claims that North Korean hackers breached the computer networks of a Russian missile developer for at least five months last year. While they were unable to ascertain if any data was successfully stolen, it came ahead of Pyongyang making a series of announcements and tests in relation to its ballistic missile programme.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament