CND Press Digest: Tuesday 30th July 2024

Posted: 30th July 2024

British Military Spending

  • The Guardian:  ‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending. Deepening military and trade links between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are making western powers uneasy.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

  • Kyodo News: Hiroshima survivor who broke silence at 70 seeks ‘blue sky’ of peace.
  • Salisbury Journal: Hiroshima and Nagasaki candle float event returns in Salisbury.
  • South China Morning Post: Hiroshima survivor who broke her silence at 70 seeks ‘blue sky’ of peace through her art.

Middle East

  • The Guardian: Western citizens urged to leave Lebanon as efforts to deter Israeli attack continue. Travel warnings issued as US diplomatic efforts reportedly focus on constraining Israel’s response by urging it against targeting densely populated Beirut.

UK Nuclear Power

  • Stop Sizewell C: On Friday Stop Sizewell C applied to the High Court for permission to challenge the Sizewell C Nuclear Site Licence, on the basis that the boundary of the Nuclear Site Licence (NSL) does not cover the sea defences and proposed new flood barriers, which are critical for future site safety. This legal action concerns the safety of the Sizewell C site in the age of climate change, with sea levels potentially rising further and faster than previously thought, but we consider it urgent to be challenged given Sizewell C’s push to achieve a Final Investment Decision.
  • Insider Media: Representatives from an American nuclear energy company have visited South Yorkshire as it explores options for a new Small Modular Reactor (SMR) facility. Earlier this year, Holtec – which has been working at Sizewell B for more than15 years – shortlisted South Yorkshire as a potential location for its new SMR factory in the UK.

Nuclear Power

  • World Nuclear News: While International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts stationed at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have been focusing on monitoring maintenance activities across the site, agency teams at other nuclear plant sites in Ukraine say nuclear safety and security is being maintained despite the effects of the ongoing conflict.

NATO / Europe

 Israel urges NATO to expel Turkey over threats to ‘invade.’ Israel’s foreign ministry demanded Turkey’s “expulsion from the regional alliance.” https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-katz-urges-nato-expel-turkey-over-president-erdogan-invasion-...

AUKUS / Asia

Best,

 

Pádraig McCarrick

 

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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