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Review: “Apple Cider Vinegar” TV series
I am not much of a “foodie”, so I was surprised to find myself riveted by this six-part TV series, in which food plays a huge, though not central role. The series is definitely derived […]
Articles by Noel Wauchope
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Small Nuclear Reactors: Big safety problems, and who pays the piper?
As usual, in matters nuclear, the Anglophone news is awash with articles extolling the future virtues of Small Nuclear Reactors. Especially in the UK, where Trumpian antics don’t dominate the news the whole time, nuclear […]
Politics
“Jobs Jobs Jobs!” screams the nuclear lobby
And the media faithfully regurgitates the message. It’s not new, but it is now being spouted with a new exuberance (or desperation?) in Britain: “Hinkley C construction set to create 3,000 new jobs in next […]
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Swallow the nuclear spin, baby, swallow the spin!
The world gasps at the Americans swallowing lie after lie from the superb dissimulator Donald Trump. But the world might not notice Britain’s worthy, virtuous, man of the working people, Keir Starmer, also proclaiming a […]
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Dangerous climate radical, Lloyd’s of London, appears to be threatening the world economy
Look – the world authorities have got everything in hand. There should be no need to worry about that global heating nonsense. We learned at Climate Summits Cop 28 and Cop 29 that our shares […]
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Nuclear waste springs eternal in the human folly
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest.” – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1733. Pope goes on to say – “The soul, uneasy, and confin’d from […]
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For Australia, the nuclear lobby brings out the big massage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkRSTxXIcns In December 2022, 16 year-old Will Shackel started a “charity” – Nuclear For Australia, funded by entrepreneur Dick Smith. It’s a “fact-filled” “grassroots” movement, devoted to champion the cause of “clean reliable” nuclear energy […]
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2025 – Australia’s dangerous nuclear dance with Dutton?
Why I must now focus on Australia’s nuclear question For the past 18 years, I have been running two websites dedicated to the nuclear-free cause. I started these when John Howard was proposing nuclear power […]
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The world’s blind eye to the nightmare problem of nuclear waste disposal
Now if you were to ask an old-fashioned housewife, to prepare a complicated dinner with strong-smelling crayfish, seafoods and vegetables, she would probably first make sure that there was a suitable garbage bin at hand. […]
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The California wildfires and the unmentioned threat of nuclear radiation
So far, the corporate media is not mentioning the potential threat of the Los Angeles horror fires to the Santa Susana Field Nuclear Laboratory. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) is located approximately 18 miles […]
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The polar playground for a suicidal species?
Where to begin on this mind-boggling story about epic changes on a very small planet? Well, let’s begin on the fun part. The Australian Antarctic Program encourages some pretty innocuous recreational activities, plus of course, […]
Politics
Is it realistic for Donald Trump to boast of a quick peace deal for Ukraine?
Donald Trump has made so many promises on what he will quickly achieve once he takes office as President. The one about ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours probably gained him support from quite […]
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Military mansplaining dispels any nonsensical ideas about “the sanctity of space”
Doncha love mansplaining? It simplifies everything, takes away your worries, and you can now complacently forget about any silly way-out anxieties that you might have had about technological progress. As our military defenders develop advanced […]
Social Justice
As the Gaza genocide continues, it cannot be a happy 2025
I’m sorry. I can’t rejoice over the New Year and all that stuff. How can we keep pretending – with bells and whistles and fireworks, and worthy preachings from pulpits and parliaments – that it’s […]
Politics
The Australian election as a game of cricket: cost of living is the issue, but does Nature bat last?
It is not nice to talk about politics at this happy festive time. But you can talk about cricket. Indeed, in Melbourne, it is your patriotic duty. So, I will – sort of. A prestigious […]