CND Press Digest: Wednesday 20th September 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Modern Power Systems: Cooling system at Zaporizhzhya stabilised – but attacks in the area continue.

Lakenheath

• In advance of a National Day of Action (23 September) called by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to protest against the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain, the Chair of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities has written to the Foreign and Defence Secretaries calling on them to refuse the United States authorities permission to base B61-12 guided nuclear bombs at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

UK Nuclear Weapons

• The Eurasian Times: Record six month deployment for British nuclear submarine suggests ‘chink in the royal armor’.

Nuclear Weapons

• Associated Press: This is what it’s like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal.

Nuclear Proliferation

• The Times: Nuclear fears as Myanmar junta appoints ambassador to North Korea.

Nuclear Abolition

• Two more countries have taken action under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), bringing the tally of signatories to 93 – close to half of all states in the world – and States Parties to 69. The foreign minister of the Bahamasinked the landmark accord, while Sri Lanka’s minister acceded to the treaty at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday 19 September during the annual United Nations leaders’ week.
• That’s as Fumio Kishida told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that Japan will work together with other countries and the UN to facilitate discussions between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon states.

UK Nuclear Energy

• City AM: Sizewell C seeks outside investment as TASC granted permission to appeal.
• Local Government Lawyer: Court of Appeal gives permission for appeal of Sizewell C Nuclear Power station ruling.

Nuclear Energy

• Canada loans $3-billion to Romania to complete construction of two nuclear reactors.
• The maritime industry is exploring whether nuclear fuel can be used to power commercial ships as advancements in technology open up such options, industry officials said.

Fukushima

• Japan Today: 400,000 nuisance calls made to Japanese Embassy in China over Fukushima.
• BBC: China’s seafood imports from Japan down 67 percent in August.

Iran Nuclear Deal

• Financial Times: Iran nuclear crisis lingers for White House despite prisoner swap.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament