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Dragofix<p>Plutonium levels at Montebello Islands remain elevated 70 years after nuclear weapons tests <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-06-plutonium-montebello-islands-elevated-years.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-06-plutoniu</span><span class="invisible">m-montebello-islands-elevated-years.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Montebello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montebello</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/MontebelloIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontebelloIslands</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a></p>
earthling<p>2/<br>Under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to redesign and repurpose the reactor for peaceful uses and limit plutonium output, while heavy water sales were permitted under oversight. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arak</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeavyWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyWater</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
earthling<p>What is the Arak heavy water reactor?</p><p> The Arak heavy water facility is located about 190km southwest of Tehran.</p><p> Construction began in the early 2000s as part of Iran’s broader nuclear programme.</p><p> The site includes a heavy water production plant and the IR-40 reactor, originally designed with a 40MW thermal capacity. Heavy water moderation allows for research, isotope production and the generation of plutonium as a byproduct.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arak</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeavyWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyWater</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Israel’s military confirms attacking Arak reactor</p><p>The military claims it specifically targeted “the structure of the reactor’s core seal, which is a key component in plutonium production”.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arak</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Israeli evacuation threat targets area around Iran’s Arak heavy-water nuclear reactor</p><p>As part of negotiations around the 2015 deal, Iran agreed to sell off its heavy water to Western countries. Even the US purchased some 32 tonnes of heavy water for more than $8m in one deal.</p><p>IAEA inspectors reportedly last visited Arak on May 14.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arak</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuclearReactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearReactor</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Nordafrica<p>Israël est une puissance nucléaire grâce à la France</p><p><a href="https://www.les-crises.fr/comment-israel-a-t-il-obtenu-la-bombe-nucleaire-retour-sur-le-role-de-la-france/?utm_source=perplexity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">les-crises.fr/comment-israel-a…</a></p><p><a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Histoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histoire</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Dimona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimona</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Kimhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kimhi</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=nucl%C3%A9aire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nucléaire</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Isra%C3%ABl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israël</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Dwight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dwight</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=Eisenhower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eisenhower</span></a> <a href="https://anonsys.net/search?tag=US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Plutonium Mountain: The 17-year mission to guard remains of Soviet nuclear tests</p><p><a href="https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/plutonium-mountain-inside-17-year-mission-secure-legacy-soviet-nuclear-testing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">belfercenter.org/publication/p</span><span class="invisible">lutonium-mountain-inside-17-year-mission-secure-legacy-soviet-nuclear-testing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mountain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuclearSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovietTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietTesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/17YearMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>17YearMission</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Plutonium Powered Pacemaker (From 1974)</p><p><a href="https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/miscellaneous/pacemaker.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">orau.org/health-physics-museum</span><span class="invisible">/collection/miscellaneous/pacemaker.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pacemaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pacemaker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1970s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1970s</span></a></p>
Dag<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://snabelen.no/@yves" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yves</span></a></span> Det viktigste som kom frem er vel at <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> er et biprodukt av kjernekraft, og det skaper et langsiktig sikkerhetsproblem.</p><p>Men også behov for nytt utstyr og utdanning av brannvesen, hvor lang ledetid det er på en et slikt prosjekt, at forsvaret må rigges for å forsvare kjernekraft med tilhørende kraftlinjer, trafoer osv.</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont ☢️☢️☢️☢️</p><p>“If <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>) ☢️ were to form government, safety could come to the fore again because it would need to overturn the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FederalBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBan</span></a> on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a>, implemented in 1999 by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JohnHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHoward</span></a> (ex PM, Liberal) in a deal with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreens</span></a>.</p><p>Despite the dangers being dismissed by Labor☢️ (AUKUS) and the Coalition ☢️, Caldicott remains concerned about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> being improperly stored in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> and contaminating water supplies – or even a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a>-like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reactor</span></a> meltdown.</p><p>“It’s not being discussed at all, which is amazing to me”, Caldicott says. “People are very ignorant.”” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HelenCaldicott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HelenCaldicott</span></a> MD </p><p>Q Where is the hottest Nuclear waste in Australia right now? (hint 1950s Nuclear tests exploding <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutonium</span></a> above ground) </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNational</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/dTKcZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/dTKcZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/australians-once-feared-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-now-nobody-s-talking-about-it-20250324-p5lm2k.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/environment/climate</span><span class="invisible">-change/australians-once-feared-the-health-impacts-of-nuclear-now-nobody-s-talking-about-it-20250324-p5lm2k.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
Miles Goodhew<p>I can't imagine this is going to get a lot of press right now (given the Aus election and the US implosion), but the gloriously chaotic Explosions&amp; Fire channel has a pretty good technical evaluation of how "that plutonium guy" is having his life destroyed on a technicality seemingly for "self promotion reasons" by Border Force: <a href="https://youtu.be/M0JGsSxBd2I" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/M0JGsSxBd2I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Tale Of Nuclear Shenanigans From Down Under - It’s likely that among the readers of this article there will be many who collect ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/06/a-tale-of-nuclear-shenanigans-from-down-under/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/06/a-tale</span><span class="invisible">-of-nuclear-shenanigans-from-down-under/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>

Nukleartourismus: Atommüllmüll aus Putononiumfabrik Sellafield unterwegs über die Nordsee nach Nordenham – Ziel Bayern
Sieben Castor-Behälter mit hoch radioaktivem Atommüll aus der Plutoniumfabrik im nordenglischen Sellafield sind per Schiff über die Nordsee unterwegs nach Deuts
umweltfairaendern.de/2025/03/3
#Atomenergie #Umweltpolitik #Verbraucherschutz