CND Press Digest: Wednesday 28th February 2024

NATO / Europe

• ZNPP in more danger as the front line comes nearer.
• The Guardian: Macron faces EU backlash after suggesting sending troops to Ukraine.
• The Telegraph: Britain rejects Macron’s plan to send NATO troops to Ukraine.
• The Telegraph: Ukraine withdraws from two villages near Avdiivka.
• New York Times: Kremlin warns against NATO ground intervention in Ukraine.
• Asia Times: Is NATO really ready for war with Russia?

Middle East & North Africa

• Hamas and Israel pour cold water on Biden’s hopes of imminent ceasefire.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• ASPI: SSN AUKUS is at the back of the queue.
• Reuters: South Korea, US to stage annual drills focusing on Korea nuclear threats.

Global Nukes

• Leaked Russian files reveal low bar for nuclear strike. Military documents reveal a strategy of ‘fear inducement’ and describe criteria for the use of tactical weapons — including plans for invasion by China.
• Texas: Disaster declaration issued and nuclear weapons plant shut down as wildfires spread. Unseasonable hot and dry conditions, along with strong winds, have caused the fires to ignite and spread across the state’s grassy plains at an alarming pace – but authorities have not yet pinpointed the source of the blaze.
• Wall Street Journal: Russian expansionism and fears about American disengagement from Europe are causing such alarm here that Germany is beginning to ponder a question once considered unthinkable: Does Germany need to have its own nuclear weapons?

Space

• Arms Control Association: Keeping outer space nuclear weapons free.

Nukes in Britain

• UK’s controversial boost in nuclear arsenal amid Trident troubles unveils deep-seated issues.

UK Nuclear Energy

• Hartlepool’s MP and other key town figures have signed a letter calling for new nuclear provision to come to the town.
• BBC: Leaders call for new nuclear reactor in town.
• Locals ‘oppose’ nuclear waste plant - parish council.
• The Telegraph: French-built nuclear reactor delays to put Britain at risk of blackouts.
• The Times: Britain nearing ‘crunch point’ in secure energy generation. Demand will exceed capacity in 2028 because of delays in the construction of Hinkley Point C, warns think tank.
• Euronews: Britain could see lights out in ‘perfect storm’ power cuts.
• Time, space and shape: Trawsfynydd nuclear power station, Snowdonia

Nuclear Energy

• Small drone flies into damaged Fukushima reactor for first time to study melted fuel.
• Fish v. electricity: Could Salem nuclear plant be shut down?

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament