CND Press Digest: Thursday 14th September

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Sky News: Vladimir Putin’s willingness to overlook Kim Jong Un’s nuclear ambitions speaks to his focus on Ukraine victory.
• The Times: Will Putin use nuclear weapons? Russia’s options explained.
• The Conversation: New Zealand’s strategic priority in the Indo-Pacific is not AUKUS – it’s helping to defeat Russia in Ukraine.

UK Nuclear Weapons

• Read CND’s report and comment on the record six month Trident patrol.
• The Royal Navy’s statement on the submarine returning to port - which revealed that submariners were met by Deputy PM Oliver Dowden.
• The Daily Mail and DSEI
  • The Guardian, Morning Star, and Middle East Eye on the DSEI arms fair.
  • General Sir Patrick Sanders DSEI 2023 Keynote Speech.

  UK Nuclear Energy

  • ITV: Hinkley Point C – Inside the building site with as many workers as a town.
  • Nuclear chiefs are seeking a contractor to carry out a £53M project at the nation’s low-level waste repository (LLWR) in Cumbria.
  • Another pro-nuclear power comment in the Telegraph written by independent energy consultant Kathryn Porter. Desmog has previously covered Porter’s media presence, calling her a climate sceptic.

  Nuclear Energy

  • The IAEA has published an explainer on small modular reactors.
  • NFLA and Lakes against the Nuclear Dump have been joined by activists from twelve anti-nuclear campaign groups in a letter to organisations representing the Sami people of Sweden offering support in their fight against uranium mining.
  • Rwanda will host a company’s 1st small-scale nuclear reactor testing carbon-free energy approach.
  • Shuttered Michigan nuclear plant moves closer to reopening under power purchase agreement.

  Iran Nuclear Deal

  • Read the September 2023 E3 statement at IAEA Board of Governors on the Iran nuclear deal.

  Best,

   

  Pádraig McCarrick

   

  Press and Communications Officer

  Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament