“A DOGE representative told the chair and top staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the agency will be expected to give “rubber stamp” approval to new reactors tested by the departments of Energy or Defense” #NRC #DOE #nuclear https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/14/doge-to-regulator-rubber-stamp-nuclear-00450658

Nuclear power depends on abundant cold water to function. It cannot function properly in a world with rising sea temperatures. "Nuclear power plant warning as heatwave hits France” #nuclear #NuclearPower #climate #France

The Independent

Nuclear power plant warning as heatwave hits France

Temperatures of up to 38C are expected in the area

“Trucks with uranium cross Navajo Nation, reviving long-standing fears” https://azmirror.com/2025/04/16/trucks-with-uranium-cross-navajo-nation-reviving-long-standing-fears/

14 years ago today, tens of thousands died from the earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan, and three #nuclear reactors experienced full meltdowns. the ecological legacy has only begun... "Not Seeing The Contaminated Forest For The Decontaminated Trees In Fukushima" #Fukushima #NuclearPower @npub1rgqh...tqw7

Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

Not Seeing the Contaminated Forest for the Decontaminated Trees in Fukushima - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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Paul Tibbets called back via DOGE seance to rename his mother Enola Straight. "Pete Hegseth Banned Images of ‘Enola Gay’ Plane in DEI Crackdown"

The Daily Beast

Hegseth’s Frenzied DEI Purge Targets ‘Gay’ Plane

A photo of the historic B-29 bomber was flagged for deletion on the Defense Department website.

Who can argue with the logic of Germany arming with nuclear weapons, which will then come under the control of a subsequent AfD led government.

Trump almost certainly to let #Hanford corrode: "The Department of Energy staff at the Hanford #nuclear site in Eastern Washington now has had almost 50 people in a staff of about 300 laid off and more cuts may be coming. The reduction so far is about 16% of DOE’s Hanford workforce, which was 78% staffed when the layoffs were announced" https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article301114294.html

Your AI graphic for your blog post makes me doubt the value of reading it.

I remember how in the decade after 911 and the Iraq War, academics in the humanities kept saying that they were "interogating" some scholarship or data. Then, in the wake of the rise of Silcon Valley culture, academics in the humanities kept saying that their new paper "disrupted" established scholarship or narratives. We have to cut this shit out people.