CND Press Digest: Friday 17th November 2023

War In Ukraine/NATO

• Ukrainian Pravda: An incident occurred at the power unit No. 5 of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), causing a leakage of reagents from the primary circuit of the reactor to the second, which has not yet been eliminated.
• BBC looks at the topic of draft dodging in Ukraine - 20,000 men have fled the country since February 2022 in order to avoid military service.

RAF Lakenheath

• More coverage of CND’s legal challenge to construction works at RAF Lakenheathby Ekklesia, the BBC and Local Government Lawyer. Kate also spoke to BBC Look East, you can watch back on BBC iPlayer here (from around 6 minutes in).

Uranium Mining

• Rae Street writes for the Morning Star on the dangers of uranium mining and the impact on indigenous communities.

AUKUS

• AUKUS Plan B: Delivering greater military power faster – The B-21 Raider.

UK Nuclear Energy

• A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy has urged the government to back a nuclear plant at Wylfa. Coverage by The Telegraph, BBC and North Wales Live.

Nuclear Energy

• Reuters reports on the boom in uranium prices as investors turn to make a profit on nuclear power.
• Sweden says it will build two more nuclear reactors by 2035.

Iran Nuclear Deal

• Reuters looks at the choices facing the US government in relation to Iran’s enrichment of uranium amid Israel’s war on Gaza.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament