CND Press Digest: Friday 15th September 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• The Telegraph: Is Kim Jong-un after nuclear technology from Putin?
• US Air Force releases new images of its £585m stealth nuclear bomber.
• South Korean and Polish leaders visit an air base in eastern Poland, discuss defense and energy ties.

AUKUS

• AUKUS agreement requires submarine production boost, Franchetti says.
• Column: Two years on, is the AUKUS agreement at the brink of failure?
• Babcock and HII team in Australia to support goals of AUKUS agenda.
• Global Times: Who wants to invade Australia? No one！
• Global Times: Two years after joining the AUKUS, what has Australia gained at all?

Arms Trade

• A letter sent by CND and others on Labour’s relationship with arms firms has been published by The Guardian.

Lakenheath

• The Morning Star covers CND’s plans to hold a citizens’ weapons inspection at RAF Lakenheath on 23 September.
• NFLA has written to UK emergency planners over the state of the country’s preparedness for any accident involving US aircraft and nuclear weapons. 

Nuclear Non-proliferation

• The Bulletin: Will Canada remain a credible nonproliferation partner?

UK Nuclear Energy

• Anglesey council leader Llinos Medi writes in Nation.Cymru on the Westminster government’s promise of a new nuclear plant at Wylfa. While sympathetic to a nuclear project, the Plaid Cymru councillor said delays means it’s time to engage more with the renewable sector, namely wind and tidal power generation.
• Watch: Hinkley Point, a nuclear power plant that changed a community.
• The i newspaper: China will not be permanently barred from investing in Britain’s nuclear energy despite posing a “threat to our open and democratic way of life”, the Government has said. Ministers were accused of a “patronising” and “misleading” approach by senior Conservatives after ruling out a ban and insisting existing rules on China are already tough enough.

Nuclear Energy

• Associated Press: Environmental groups urge regulators to shut down California reactor over safety, testing concerns.
• “It’s time to go nuclear,” writes columnist Claudia Flynn in the Michigan Times.

Iran Nuclear Deal

• The Guardian: UK, France and Germany refuse to lift sanctions on Iran under nuclear deal.
• The Independent: Britain, France and Germany to retain ballistic missile sanctionson Iran.
• BBC: UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran.
• Reuters: Britain, France, Germany to retain ballistic, nuclear sanctions on Iran.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament