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Move fast and break things... applied to nuclear reactors...
What could possibly go wrong here?
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-safety-doge-vought

DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator
In its rush to boost nuclear energy, the Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry. “The safety culture is under threat,” a former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.

A ground operation by the US Marines headed to Iran likely would involve targeting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — to locate, secure or disable nuclear material that cannot be destroyed from the air.
Although Donald Trump said the June 2025 U.S. strikes had "obliterated" key nuclear sites, analysts note that critical elements of Iran’s program
— particularly enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — likely remain intac…

Next US move on Iran: Seize Kharg Island, secure uranium or risk ground war escalation
Military analysts discuss three paths for U.S.-Iran conflict: capturing Iran's economic lifeline at Kharg Island, full invasion or securing nuclear sites.

Column | Het volgende Europese hoofdpijndossier: nucleaire proliferatie - NRC
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/03/20/het-volgende-europese-hoofdpijndossier-nucleaire-proliferatie-a4923546
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DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America's Nuclear Power Regulator (Avi Asher-Schapiro/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-safety-doge-vought
http://www.memeorandum.com/260320/p37#a260320p37

UK's Hinkley Point C new nuclear plant delayed to 2030 as costs climb to €56 billion*, i.e. €17,500 per kW.
EDF said the first reactor at the site in Somerset will begin operations in 2030, a year later than in the last update – almost 13 years after construction work began – after a series of delays to the project.

DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-safety-doge-vought

Tiny City Fears Iran Drone Strikes Because of New Nuclear Weapons Datacenter https://www.404media.co/tiny-city-fears-iran-drone-strikes-because-of-new-nuclear-weapons-datacenter/

From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster.
In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects.
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From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster
In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects

U.S. Hardens Allegation That China Conducted a Secret Nuclear Test (Michael R. Gordon/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hardens-allegation-that-china-conducted-a-secret-nuclear-test-644a918a
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p62#a260218p62

'Today, 96% of the world's nuclear weapons are held by states with authoritarian leaders' (Joseph Cirincione/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/02/18/today-96-of-the-world-s-nuclear-weapons-are-held-by-states-with-authoritarian-leaders_6750613_23.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p137#a260218p137