#Nuclear is not coming to save the world, part #34850:
"The Salt Lake Tribune found 15 instances of the nuclear energy company paying for officials’ memberships to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or #ALEC ”
#Utah #NuclearPower #EnergySolutions
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/08/20/energysolutions-is-buying-utah/
Here’s what we are reading today:
60 miles from #ukraine #Russian forces have begun tactical nuclear weapon drills.
The drills involved training exercises where troops loaded launch vehicles, travelled to launch sites and put hypersonic Kinzhal missiles on planes.
60 miles from Ukraine, Russian forces have begun tactical #nuclear weapon drills.
#Biden Approved Secret Strategy Refocusing on #Nuclear Threat
In a #classified document approved in March, the president ordered #US forces to prepare for possible coordinated #nuclear confrontations w/ #Russia, #China & #NorthKorea.
#geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/us/politics/biden-nuclear-china-russia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Satellite footage suggests #Russia #ICBM launch test was a disaster
According to satellite photos, a Russian #Sarmat intercontinental #ballistic #missile probably detonated during a test earlier this month, raising questions about Russia’s #military capabilities & putting a dent in the Kremlin’s #nuclear saber rattling.
#geopolitics #war #Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/23/russia-sarmat-icbm-disaster/
BREAKING NEWS: Trump ordered the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants on Friday.
In unrelated news, the Russians did the same thing with Chernobyl.
#chernobyl #news #trump #nuclear #incompetence #breakingnews
#Trump to abruptly leave a #G7 in Canada a day ahead of schedule to *deal with* [right, cuz he’s so effective at diplomacy] the escalating conflict between #Iran & #Israel, amid Israeli pressure for the #US to intervene militarily to crush Iran’s #nuclear capabilities.
The White House propagandist, Karoline Leavitt, said that Trump left the 2-day summit “because of what is going on in the Middle East,” but did not elaborate.
#geopolitics #war
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/16/world/iran-israel-news/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share
#TulsiGabbard left no doubt when she testified to #Congress about Iran’s #nuclear program earlier this year.
#Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, the national #intelligence director testified, & its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.
But #Trump dismissed the intelligence assessment…
“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters. In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a #NuclearBomb.
https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-intelligence-iran-nuclear-program-51c8d85d536f8628870c110ac05bb518
Top Experts’ Backgrounder: #Military Action Against #Iran & US #Domestic #Law
With #Trump reportedly considering bringing the #UnitedStates directly into the armed conflict between #Israel & Iran, & in particular #offensive strikes against Iran’s #nuclear program, it is important to understand the #legal framework that governs whether & when a President can use military force overseas under US domestic law (…the use of force must also comport w/ #InternationalLaw…).
https://www.justsecurity.org/64645/war-powers-trump-iran-strikes/
Even as #Trump suggested that he was open to negotiations, he had already made up his mind.
Trump had insisted for months that he wanted the ultimate deal with #Iran, one that would put a definitive end to the country’s ability to produce a #nuclear weapon. As late as Thursday, he’d suggested that Iran’s leaders would have up to two more weeks to negotiate. But at that point, he had already made up his mind: The #UnitedStates was going to #bomb Iran.
#GiftArticle
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/trump-israel-iran-bomb/683275/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxTG8wWZXaspmy_zB-jsesQA
The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in #Iran
Why even a successful attack might do less to curb the Islamic Republic’s #nuclear ambitions than a diplomatic deal would have.
On Saturday, #Trump brought the #UnitedStates into #Israel’s #war against Iran. American planes & submarines struck 3 sites in Iran, including 2 nuclear enrichment facilities—at #Natanz & #Fordow—& a complex near #Isfahan that was believed to contain stores of uranium.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-dangerous-consequences-of-donald-trumps-strikes-in-iran
'There Is No Intel': #Trump's Attacks on #Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say
Following Trump's attacks on Iran, an admin official tells Rolling Stone, "The intelligence assessments have not really changed"
After Trump's decision to strike 3 Iranian #nuclear facilities on Sat, admin ofcls are barely bothering to pretend the unprecedented—& potentially calamitous—attacks were motivated by new #intelligence suggesting Iran was on the brink of having nuclear weapons.
Explosions were reported near a #US #military #base in #Qatar Monday after #Iran vows to retaliate for #Trump’s assault on #nuclear sites. The development coincided with a warning from the US #Embassy in Qatar’s capital, #Doha, urging American citizens there to shelter in place. Qatar’s govt on Monday also closed its airspace & suspended flights as a “precautionary measure” while the #MiddleEast braces for a potential expansion of the fighting between #Israel & Iran.
#Trump Strike Set Back #Iran’s #Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, US Report Says
#Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to 2 facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.
A preliminary classified US report says the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites sealed off the entrances to 2 of the facilities but did NOT collapse their underground buildings, acc/to officials familiar w/the findings.
#Trump speaking at #NATO sticking the “obliterated” #lies about #Iran #nuclear facilities, attacking #journalists on a personal level as “scum” “nasty” etc, spinning perfectly reasonable questions about the #intelligence report contradicting him into BS about the reporters & news outlets — who are literally just quoting the report — being unpatriotic & disparaging the military.
Utter bullshit.
NATO seemed more receptive, or they’ve just learned that the best way to manipulate him is flattery.
Happy birthday to #physicist Harriet Brooks (1876 - 1933) who discovered atomic recoil, Radon & recognized radioactive elements could undergo chains of transmutations into a series of new elements. #nuclear #physics
She was Rutherford’s 1st grad student at McGill. After publishing her results in 1899 she completed her MSc in 1901 on “Damping of Electrical Oscillations,” before embarking on #radioactivity research. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #womenInSTEM #histsci
#Iran Suspends Cooperation With #UN #Nuclear Watchdog, #IAEA
The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites. Experts have warned that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-iaea.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
But sure let’s shut down the #EPA
4 #radioactive #wasp nests have been discovered at a #SouthCarolina #nuclear facility, according to federal ofcls.
The first nest, which was found by workers at the Savannah River Site early last month, was recently disclosed in a report from the Dept of #Energy, which owns the site. The facility, near Aiken, SC, produced material for nuclear weapons throughout the Cold War.
3 additional nests have since been discovered at the site.
