CND Press Digest: Wednesday 6th September 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could travel to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to secure artillery shells and other weapons for the war in Ukraine. Pyongyang could receive food supplies and help with its nuclear energy programme in exchange. Washington has responded by saying North Korea would pay a price for if it supplied arms to Russia.  
• Analysis: Ukraine war turns the tables as Russia seeks help from North Korea.
• Cuba uncovers ‘human trafficking ring’ recruiting for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Lakenheath

• Bloomberg, The Guardian and The Express pick up on Russian government commentsabout the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain. “If this step is ever made, we will view it as escalation, as a step toward escalation that would take things to a direction that is quite opposite to addressing the pressing issue of pulling all nuclear weapons out of European countries,” foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

AUKUS

• AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact.

UK Nuclear Energy

• The failure to build nuclear plants means a new horror is blighting the great British countryside – wind turbines – writes Rowan Pelling for The Telegraph.
• World Nuclear News: What to do with the UK’s civil plutonium?

Nuclear Energy

• Recharge News: Could new nuclear kill one of the world’s most promising offshore wind markets?
• Climate scientist James Hansen: ‘The opposition to nuclear power is truly insane’.
• Environmental Journal: NIMBYism is blocking progress in the UK energy sector.
• Beyond Nuclear looks at the role of lobbying by the US nuclear sector.

Fukushima

• The Japan Times: How a nuclear disaster spurred Fukushima to become a renewables leader.
• China IAEA system to monitor Fukushima water. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-declined-join-iaea-system-monitor-fukushima-water-k…

North Korea

• Associated Press: South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce UN sanctions on North Korea and block the country’s illicit activities to fund its weapons programs when they converge in Indonesia and India for annual summits this week.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament