Author: Fission Today

As the global demand for clean energy intensifies, nuclear power is enjoying a resurgence not seen in decades. However, this renewed interest has exposed a critical vulnerability in the U.S. energy sector: a massive disconnect between uranium consumption and domestic production. As a guest on The POWER Podcast, Thomas Lamb, president and CEO of Myriad Uranium, discussed some of the complexities of the nuclear fuel cycle and how junior exploration companies are racing to secure America’s energy future. The Great American Supply Deficit To understand the urgency of the current uranium market, one must first grasp the sheer scale of…

Groundbreaking analysis of Putin’s destabilisation of environmental, social and political systems also sends defiant signal following a Kremlin crackdown on environmental and human rights groups in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine Amsterdam, Netherlands – Russia’s descent into an entrenched war economy is a warning to the world, a new Greenpeace International report shows, with a ‘troika’ of fossil fuel extractivism, authoritarianism and militarism at the heart of Russian regime marking the collapse of the country’s environment, biodiversity, society and international relations amid its ongoing criminal war in Ukraine. The report, entitled ‘Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of…

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Across the world we are marking 5 years since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons became international law.  Action ideas  | Graphics  |  Social Media ideas |  Brochure  |  Brand kit There are so many ways the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is making a difference: Making nuclear weapons illegal and illegitimate The treaty has closed the legal gap! Nuclear weapons are now banned under international law. It has also reinforced the nuclear taboo by creating a new international norm that nuclear weapons can never be used because of the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental harm…

Tony Blair’s digital ID dream, brought to you by Keir Starmer Why is Britain’s PM set on introducing such a wildly unpopular policy as digital ID? Parliament debated the issue last night after a petition against the policy was signed by three million people. It’s a policy that has done the improbable job of uniting Nigel Farage, Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and Zack Polanski in opposition to the idea. In today’s column, Carole Cadwalladr joins the dots between Starmer’s policy and the Tony Blair Institute – and argues that the whole thing is a “techno-authoritarian’s wet dream”. 10 Dec 25 The…