Newsletter XXVIII 2021 | |
June 22st to 29th
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June 29, 2021 - Ten years of nuclear phase-out: Environment Minister still sees risks
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June 28, 2021 - Deutsche Umwelthilfe reveals methane leaks from German natural gas infrastructure
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Off topic and 50 years ago, but highly topical ...
June 27, 2021 - Missing Link: Of secrets and whistleblowing - 50 years Pentagon Papers
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Demonstration in Dusseldorf
June 26, 2021 - Thousands against assembly law
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June 25, 2021 - Due to tornado - Second block of nuclear power plant Temelin shut down
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June 25, 2021 - Nuclear power: Cologne reaffirms resistance to Belgian nuclear power plants
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24 June 2021 - Voices on the government coalition's energy and climate package
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June 24, 2021 - Old Japanese nuclear power plant Mihama goes back online
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June 23, 2021 - Krško NPP can easily be replaced by renewables
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June 23, 2021 - IPPNW and ICAN Days of Action Against Nuclear Weapons
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June 23, 2021 - Renewable energies are already more economical than fossil fuels
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June 22, 2021 - Germany: Solar and storage turbo instead of nuclear and coal power extension
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Illinois has surrendered to the nuclear industry ...
June 22, 2021 - Exelon sets Byron shutdown date as Illinois bill stalls
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News+ June 22, 2021
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Nuclear power: the older, the rustier it is
The last German nuclear power plants will soon be shut down. But the risk of an accident is greater than ever. In Neckarwestheim, their old age becomes apparent.
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reaktorpleite.de
Map of the nuclear world:
Akw Neckarwestheim, on the last few meters ...
The German version of this world map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1fCmKdqlqSCNPo3We1TWZexPjgNDQOaLD
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The search in the reaktorpleite.de with the search term
| Neckarwestheim | ||
brought the following results, among others:
October 22, 2018 - Cracks in the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant are more dangerous than previously known
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AtomkraftwerkePlag
Neckarwestheim II (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Nuclear power plant near Heilbronn
The Neckarwestheim II (GKN-2) pressurized water reactor is located directly on the Neckar, 10 km south of Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg). It went into operation on December 29, 1988 and has an output of 1.400 MW. The manufacturer was the Kraftwerk Union (KWU), the owner and operator is the EnBW subsidiary EnBW Kernkraft GmbH (EnKK).
The Neckarwestheim I pressurized water reactor, which was shut down in 2011, and an interim storage facility are located at the same location.
Earthquake hazard
Geologists have been pointing out for many years that the reactors in the Rheingraben, Neckarwestheim, Philippsburg and Biblis are only designed for earthquakes with a magnitude of 4,5 to 5,5 on the Richter scale. In the Rheingraben, however, strengths of 1356 to 6,5 were already achieved in 6,7, and of 1775 in 56/6,1. Such earthquakes could happen again at any time.
The danger of earthquakes was also pointed out in an expert opinion in the 1970s - the expert opinion was ignored by the CDU state government, the expert no longer received an order from the state, and the nuclear power plant was built anyway ...
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Increasing danger from old nuclear power plants
Outdated, embrittled, without spare parts: The combination of technical aging and obsolescence makes old reactors increasingly prone to failure - this makes the often planned extension of the service life of old nuclear power plants a highly risky undertaking. The only logical consequence for old reactors is to shut them down before it is too late and a worst-case scenario occurs!
Nuclear power plants are complex, high-risk machines with many different materials and components that age and wear differently. 84% of reactors in the EU have been in operation for more than 30 years. Since new nuclear power plants are not economically competitive, old reactors are to be extended beyond their originally approved term for financial reasons. However, this harbors great dangers for millions of people.
Some easily accessible components of old reactors can be brought under technical control through regular testing and maintenance - just like with an old car. Other parts such as the highly radioactive reactor pressure vessel and pipelines enclosed in concrete are hardly accessible, so that regular maintenance is difficult and repair is as good as impossible ...
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IAEA | PRIS - Power Reactor Information System
The IAEA | PRIS - Power Reactor Information System lists 444 commercial reactors in operation. (Last updated June 25, 2021)
122 reactors have been around for 40 years and more ...
| Number of reactors | Age in years |
| 5 | 52 |
| 3 | 51 |
| 6 | 50 |
| 7 | 49 |
| 9 | 48 |
| 13 | 47 |
| 9 | 46 |
| 13 | 45 |
| 6 | 44 |
| 9 | 43 |
| 5 | 42 |
| 18 | 41 |
| 19 | 40 |
A gamble ...
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Wikipedia
List of nuclear power plants
The list of nuclear power plants contains all nuclear power plants worldwide that are used for the commercial generation of electrical energy. It not only lists the power plants currently in operation, but also those that have been shut down and those that are currently under construction ...
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Further to: Newspaper article 2021
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