1. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    planned. The nuclear projects of the French energy company EDF and thus the government are expected to be more expensive than originally estimated. For the planned six new reactors in Penly, Gravelines and Bugey, EDF is now assuming a total cost of 67,5 billion euros instead of the previous figure of 51,7 billion. This is reported by the French newspaper Les Echos, citing...

  2. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Reactor system pressure relief valves. The water had to be replenished with the emergency cooling (sources: IAEA, HSK) Nuclear power plantsPlag Leibstadt_(Switzerland) 2007 April (INES Klass.?) Penly 2 nuclear power plant, FRA Wikipedia de Penly nuclear power plant When the unit was restarted after the overhaul, in April after two days During tests, it was noticed that all emergency cooling pumps were on during the two days...

  3. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    Unlike modern concrete, which often begins to crumble after a few decades, Roman concrete has the ability to last for millennia... * France | Wind turbines | Akw Penly “Dependence on nuclear energy is risky” Renewable energies in France: Fight against wind turbines France has been relying on nuclear power for decades, but President Emmanuel Macron also wants...

  4. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    to abbreviate. But Merz's statement points to a deeper problem. And that is dangerous. Not just for the CDU, but also for democracy... * France | EDF EPR | Construction time | Penly Nuclear Power Plant EDF begins approval process for two new reactors in Penly EDF has announced that it has received the necessary approvals for the construction of two EPR2 reactors at the nuclear power plant site...

  5. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    become. Bernard Doroszczuk chooses clear words: This is not a hairline fracture, this is a problem, says the head of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN). An unusual discovery was reported last week in reactor 1 at the Penly nuclear power station on the English Channel: a 15 centimeter long crack in a pipe of the emergency cooling system, which corresponds to a quarter of the pipe's circumference. The...

  6. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    in the approval process... * France | cracks | Cattenom France Cracks discovered again on nuclear reactors The second incident within a week: In France, cracks were discovered on two nuclear reactors in Penly and Cattenom. According to the authorities, these are “not insignificant”. Days earlier, major corrosion damage had been discovered in Penly. In France, cracks have appeared again on two...

  7. Newsletter II 2023 - January 8th to 14th - News+ We have already won

    Operation - and things are unlikely to get any better next winter. At the beginning of December things looked quite good for a short time. The French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire visited the Penly nuclear power plant in Normandy, the trip provided some pretty pictures: Le Maire arm in arm with the new boss of the French energy company EDF, Luc Rémont, both in blue and orange EDF jackets, in the background the. ..

  8. Newsletter XXXIX 2022 - October 01st to 08th - News+ Belgium shows problems with extending the runtimes of nuclear power plants

    2000 in the New York Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant, 2001 in the Taiwanese Maanshan nuclear power plant, 2004 in the Biblis nuclear power plant, 2007 in the French Dampierre nuclear power plant and Penly nuclear power plant and the Swiss Beznau 1 nuclear power plant and in 2011 in the French Tricastin nuclear power plant. On April 26, 1986, the operating personnel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant practiced controlling a...

  9. Newsletter XXXIV 2022 - August 22nd to 31st - News+ Nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim 2: Hundreds of damage to pipes hidden

    no game... * The internal search: Cooling system crack brought the following results, among others: July 15.07.2022th, 14.01.2022 - Belgium takes two nuclear reactors off the grid * January 17th, 2015 - Problems also in the French Penly nuclear power plant * February 14.11.2002th, XNUMX - Thousands of cracks in Belgian nuclear power plants * November XNUMX, XNUMX - Cracks found in steam generator lines at the Unterweser nuclear power plant ** YouTube channel - Reactor bankruptcy WDR Current hour -...

  10. Newsletter II 2022 - January 07th to 14th - News+ Draft EU taxonomy: chance of nuclear power surviving?

    solve Industry calls for more staff in the authorities, more training of specialists and higher tender volumes * France | EDF | Nuclear power reactor breakdown: Problems also in the French Penly nuclear power plant. Cracks in pipe welds are said to occur not only in four reactors that have already been shut down, but also in a reactor of a different type. ** January 13 EU Taxonomy...

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