Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest ,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2023

Posted: 9th August 2023

The US Navy wants to expand the port that houses Trident nuclear submarines, the deadliest nuclear weapons system on Earth. Whales are already paying the price. The uranium that fuels atomic weapons as well as nuclear power often comes from deeply impoverished nations. We look at Niger. 

Saving the whales….and all of us

Countless sea creatures, including the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, will be harmed and displaced by expansion plans at the Kings Bay Trident submarine base in Georgia. All of us will be annihilated if the nuclear weapons there are ever used. Georgia Watch South urges us to call for an end to Trident and all nuclear weapons. READ MORE

20 million tonnes of nuclear waste

Niger, now experiencing a coup, has been a colonial plundering ground for France for decades due to its rich uranium deposits. But France has disregarded the health of locals and left behind 20 million tonnes of radioactive waste. Meanwhile, despite the profits made abroad, Niger remains one of the poorest countries in the world. READ MORE

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