Huh. So it turns out Britain had their own version of Project Plowshare at one point:
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Norway’s financial support to replace radioisotope thermoelectric generators at lighthouses in the Russian Arctic with solar panels and batteries were conducted under the MNEPR. So was the hundreds of smaller and larger safety projects at Kola nuclear power plant, including fire safety equipment and emergency back-up systems to the cooling circuit and external electricity.
Although all practical nuclear safety cooperation between Europe and Russia were frozen following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the cancelling of the MNEPR agreement is a final closing of doors for any future projects.
Without the agreement on liability, no Western manufacturers will sell spare parts to equipment in use at nuclear installations in Russia. Nor will any new apparatus be sent.
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Kyiv denies Ukraine plans to develop nuclear weapons if US aid ceases
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has denied a report claiming that it had plans to build its own nuclear bomb “within months” as a fallback should US military aid to Kyiv end under the incoming Trump administration.
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The denial came after a report by The Times published on Wednesday suggested that Ukraine would be able to develop nuclear warheads within months should US military support for the country end, as many expect to be the case, according to a briefing paper prepared for the Ukrainian Defence Ministry.
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The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons.
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I hope they’ll keep tracking it, just in case.
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July 1985. Greenpeace ship The Rainbow Warrior docks at Marsden Wharf, ready for a major protest campaign at Muroroa Atoll. Everyone knows what happened next. But do you know what went before?
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