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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.
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Dozens of big industries want to plug in to Australia's first 100% renewable (wind and solar) grid reneweconomy.com.au/dozens-of-bi...

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Europe’s largest #nuclear power plant has just one remaining power line for essential nuclear safety and security functions. www.ans.org/news/2025-06...

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Nuclear weapons proliferation is back. Putin has found a new strategic target in Ukraine—its nuclear plants. What does unclassified modeling reveal about the radiation nuclear plants might release if attacked? npolicy.org/nuclear-prol...

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200,000 radioactive barrels dumped in the Atlantic: French researchers launch unprecedented mission to track them down www.elcabildo.org/en/200000-ra...

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So clean and green - everyone want is ... Lincolnshire will not be used to store #nuclear waste after the county council voted to withdraw from the process. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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UK’s biggest clean up of nuclear waste is already 13 years behind schedule and costing over £21 billion more. UK nuclear waste 'clean-up' to cost £136 billion and take 100 years ... bylinetimes.com/2025/06/04/s...

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"The most hazardous building in Britain could leak radioactive water until the 2050s as clean-up operations at Sellafield struggle" “failure, cost overruns, intolerable risks”. #nuclear theecologist.org/2025/jun/04/...

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Public Accounts Committee (PAC) : "Retrieval of waste from ageing buildings at the most hazardous #nuclear site in the UK is not happening quickly enough." committees.parliament.uk/committee/12...

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“We’ll all pay for the £40bn folly that is Sizewell C. By starting construction and ploughing £6.4bn of taxpayers’ money so far into the project the government has undermined its negotiating position and essentially written private investors a blank cheque." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Really and truly - we need to get a grip on stopping destroying nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Déchets radioactifs : l’équivalent de 75 piscines olympiques sans solution de stockage. www.latribune.fr/climat/energ...

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Sellafield #nuclear clean-up too slow and too costly, say MPs www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar. cleantechnica.com/2025/05/29/v...

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NRC’s new Mission Impossible: adding the equivalent of 300 large #nuclear plants to the US fleet—by prioritizing speedy licensing over protecting public health and safety from radiation exposure. thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-...

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China Unveils Worlds Largest Offshore Wind Turbine With Hub Height Of 185 Meters www.iflscience.com/china-unveil...

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IRENA: renewables are the new frontier of energy security www.energyconnects.com/videos/video...

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They Dumped 200,000 Radioactive Barrels Into the Atlantic: 35 Years Later, French Scientists Are Going After Them indiandefencereview.com/they-dumped-...

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Antarctic Ice Sheet tipping in the last 800,000 years warns of future ice loss. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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New #nuclear dual-use risk: Beating ploughshares into swords. nct-cbnw.com/new-nuclear-...

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New #nuclear - too late, too costly for climate and energy crises. knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-w...

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Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Nuclear will be climate victim and soon - coastal flooding, inland river low-flow then flood. Nuclear takes up to 17 years for just one reactor. Just too late for climate. www.nuclearconsult.org/wp/wp-conten...

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Oh ... World Meteorological Organisation: Global temperatures may rise to 1.9C over next five years. 2C could kill 99% coral reefs, 18% of world’s insects, frequent floods, droughts and wildfires, which displaced 800,000 people last year. observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

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Oh ... 1.5°C won't stop sea level rise by several metres over coming centuries - review of all latest evidence. World on course for 2.9°C of warming by 2100, loss of Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, 12 metres sea level rise. www.newscientist.com/article/2480...

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Death cult does its thing. Opec+ announce large increase in oil output for July in the latest sign that the cartel was intent on unwinding the first tranche of its long-standing production cuts as quickly as possible. www.ft.com/content/cba7...

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Iran has increased enriched uranium by 50%, says UN watchdog. IAEA findings raise new concerns over country’s capabilities amid nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington. www.ft.com/content/5e4d...

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World Health Organisation (WHO): “It is naive to believe our civilisation can survive a world order in which global security depends on #nuclear weapons. The world is not meant to be a prison in which we await collective annihilation.” www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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'Britain wants to purchase fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons. Government in highly sensitive talks, which would represent the biggest development in the UK’s deterrent since the Cold War.' www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

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AI energy use ‘not a bad as feared’ renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/05/ai-e...

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How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...

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Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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