Newsletter IV 2022 |
January 22th to 31th
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Nuclear Power Accidents
This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of the civil and military nuclear industry. Some of this information only came to the public in a roundabout way...
Excerpt for this month:
1 January 1977 (INES 5) Beloyarsk, USSR
3 January 1961 (INES 4 NAMS 2,9) NRTS, USA
6 January 1981 (INES 3) nuclear factory La Hague, FRA
17 January 1966 (Broken Arrow) Palomares, USA
20 January 1965 (INES 4 NAMS 3,7) LLNL, Livermore, USA
21 January 1968 (Broken Arrow) Thule Airport, Greenland, USA
21 January 1969 (INES 5 NAMS 1,6) Lucens, CHE
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31. January
Environment Minister on the nuclear dispute with the EU: "The last word has not yet been spoken"
- In the dispute between Germany and the EU over the classification of nuclear power as a sustainable form of energy, Environment Minister Lemke is combative.
- Some EU countries will go to court, she announces.
- She wants to help the regions with "hazard maps" to protect them from flooding.
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For 20 years: the electricity industry has provoked the risk of a blackout
The electricity industry has so far fouted about the secure electricity supply in Switzerland. Now the Federal Council is finally taking countermeasures.
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How critical are the reactor cores?
A cautious sigh of relief: Researchers have gained important information about the reactor cores in the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Accordingly, the highly radioactive fuel melt probably still contains enough neutron-absorbing boron to prevent an atomic chain reaction. Because in the fallout of the nuclear catastrophe there are only small boron residues, as measurements have shown for the first time. This knowledge is crucial if the reactor cores are to be disposed of.
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30. January
In the middle of the nuclear phase-out country
French and Russian companies want to jointly produce fuel elements for nuclear power in Lower Saxony. With the deal, Russia could gain influence in Europe.
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Is there war in Europe?
Are important states becoming unstable because the importance of fossil fuels is falling? Instead of solving the climate crisis together, war is again conceivable in Europe. We must insist on dialogue and non-violence.
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The nuclear lobbyists are already out of breath because they have to pray so quickly, for Nuclear fusion
In 10 years: "Artificial sun" from China should generate clean energy
Research and science are always about finding alternatives to energy production. China now even wants to generate clean energy using an “artificial sun”.
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Praying even faster for Nuclear fusion
The start-up TAE promises commercial nuclear fusion in just nine years
The largest private-sector fusion start-up, TAE Technologies, wants to have a commercial fusion reactor operational as early as 2030. TAE achieves fusion in a very different way than the large state reactors.
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29. January
Former party chairmen Baerbock and Habeck elected to Green party council
- Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck have vacated the top of the Greens because of taking over ministerial posts.
- They will also have a say in the party in the future.
- The two government members were elected to the Green Party Council.
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nuclear deal with Russia
The economically stricken uranium factory in Lingen is to be nurtured by a joint venture with the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom.
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Uranium Atlas: Associations want to make "suppressed dangers of the nuclear industry" transparent
According to the organizations, the uranium atlas shows with maps, graphics and examples "that nuclear power is obsolete". According to the activists, it is "neither as a solution to the climate crisis nor as a bridging technology on the way to the post-fossil era". The construction of new reactors is also extremely expensive and slow.
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28. January
Sunshades for the Earth: Geoengineering against climate change
Climate change threatens our livelihoods, but humanity has so far had little to counter it. We still produce too much CO2. Geoengineering could help protect the climate. But that costs - and carries risks.
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Nuclear waste in Sweden: Dangerous repository
The Swedish government agrees to a nuclear waste repository. However, many scientists warn that the capsules will corrode after 100 years.
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Japan's former prime ministers are calling on the EU to abandon nuclear power
Former Japanese Prime Ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Naoto Kan on Thursday called on the EU to move away from nuclear power, responding to the European Union's plan to classify nuclear energy as green energy.
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27. January
Evolutionary Power Reactor EPR
Nuclear power: Finnish reactor Olkiluoto 3 produces electricity later than planned
During trial operation, a scram occurred in the reactor. Therefore, power generation is delayed again.
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nuclear accident in Fukushima
Thyroid cancer lawsuits
Eleven years after the Fukushima reactor disaster, several Japanese have filed suit against the nuclear power operator Tepco. They were minors in 2011 and now have thyroid cancer.
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Great Britain | EDF | reactor breakdown | Evolutionary Power Reactor EPR
Sizewell C receives financial support from the UK Government
The UK Government has committed £100m (US$134m) to continue EDF-led development of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant project, with a view to attracting further funding from private investors.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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Former air force chief is now armaments lobbyist in the Bundestag
The Ministry of Defense parted ways with the head of the Air Force over the successor to the Bundeswehr's Tornado fighter jet. Now he advises companies. His preferred solution is back on the table.
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26. January
Nuclear fusion | Nuclear weapons
Like the Death Star, only turned inside out
A large US laboratory reports a success in nuclear fusion. Some are now hoping for a breakthrough for the clean form of energy of the future. You rejoice too soon.
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Billions invested in the sea: Floating wind power plants are about to make a breakthrough
A new floating foundation technology enables offshore power generation in deeper waters. The technology is now coming from the pilot project to the mega parks.
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South Korea confirms nuclear phase-out and puts large solar power plant into operation
Presidential elections are coming up in South Korea, after which the country's energy policy could change. The current government remains on the path away from nuclear.
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Radon map: soil and air concentrations
New maps of radon exposure in Germany
High-resolution mapping shows soil radon levels and potential for indoor pollution
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25. January
New nuclear waste interim storage facility in Hanau? decision has been made
The process for another nuclear waste interim storage facility in Hanau, which has been going on for years, is over. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has now decided.
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Nuclear power: Two Ukrainian reactors go offline due to problems
Energoatom has shut down reactors in Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhia to carry out repairs. Radiation was not leaked, they say.
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Nuclear phase-out in Britain
The government in London promises a nuclear renaissance. In fact, many more reactors are being decommissioned in the UK than are being built. At the same time, there is a wind power boom, especially off the coast.
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Neubauer: EU taxonomy is "biggest greenwashing of all time"
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer is fighting against a green label for nuclear power and fossil gas in Brussels. In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, Neubauer criticized the financial framework proposed by the EU Commission as something that "France and Germany have agreed" to satisfy lobbyist associations.
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24. January
A slap in the face for the EU Commission
According to the ideas of the EU Commission, nuclear and gas should in future carry a green label. An idea that surprised the Commission's closest advisory body and is now dealing with it - in a letter that is available to NDR.
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dispute about EU taxonomy:
European ordeal
Germany finally rejects the EU proposal on the taxonomy. There is a threat of greenwashing in the financial sector - and promising lawsuits.
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Legal expert: "Green label for nuclear power" should not stand up to the ECJ
Energy law expert Götz Reichert has found a lever with which the European Court of Justice could declare the EU taxonomy null and void.
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23. January
The atomic bomb was a turning point for the basic science of physics
Alexander Unzicker in conversation about his thesis that with the Second World War, the development of the atomic bomb, the rise of the USA and the militarization of research in science, basic research was lost
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Climate protection in the USA:
Most countries rely on nuclear power
- The fight against climate change is also gaining in importance in the USA.
- But in most states one wants to replace fossil energies with new nuclear power plants, among other things.
- Microsoft founder Bill Gates also has something to do with this.
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Federal Administrative Court: Dispute about nuclear waste interim storage
On Tuesday, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig will deal with the legal dispute over a nuclear waste interim storage facility in Hanau, which has been smoldering for years. According to the court, the top administrative judges are hearing the lawsuit brought by a waste disposal company against the city. Plaintiff is the company Orano NCS GmbH. Accordingly, she wants to obtain a building permit for the change of use of a building into an interim storage facility for radioactive waste.
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Nuclear power sustainable, solar trade not: Baywa on EU plans
The EU plans to classify nuclear power as sustainable are met with sharp criticism in the German green electricity industry. Some of the renewable energies would be worse off as a result of the plans than the construction and operation of nuclear and gas power plants, said Baywa CEO Klaus Josef Lutz in Munich.
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22. January
bridge energy and renewable
Just lucky
Global warming is a threat to our survival - nuclear annihilation no less. It's better to switch completely than to rely on nuclear power plants.
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Anti-nuclear demo in Lingen: protest against Russian entry
On Saturday, people demonstrated against the controversial entry of a Russian nuclear company at the fuel element factory in Lingen. The organizer spoke of around 160 participants.
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News+ January 22
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Four nuclear-armed states are ready for war - this treaty could stop them
A year after the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty came into force, Germany is not yet part of this historic disarmament treaty. Why not?
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reaktorpleite.de
Map of the nuclear world:
Nine states blackmail the world with nuclear weapons...
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The internal search:
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty
brought the following results, among others:
December 14, 2021 - 50 Nobel Prize winners call for clear disarmament
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September 29, 2021 - Germany's militarization: not an issue on election evening
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Der Spiegel - 05:34
The nuclear big bang: US nuclear weapons testing
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The History of the Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Playlist - radioactivity worldwide ...
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Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty
content of the contract
What does the GCU prohibit?
The AVV prohibits states from developing, testing, producing and possessing nuclear weapons. In addition, disclosure, storage, use and threats are prohibited. In addition, the contract prohibits support for such activities. Furthermore, states are prohibited from stationing nuclear weapons on their own soil...
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meaning of the contract
Will the treaty affect the nuclear weapons debate?
Yes - because the debate on nuclear disarmament came to a standstill after the Cold War. In recent years, the public focus has primarily been on the challenges of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (Iran, North Korea). Nuclear weapons are stylized as symbols of power and strength. The new treaty and the movement behind it calls that into question. From the point of view of the overwhelming majority of states, nuclear weapons are simply unacceptable, an incalculable risk for their populations. Almost all states have permanently renounced nuclear weapons. In a multipolar world of asymmetric warfare, non-state actors, cyber and drone wars, this adherence to nuclear weapons is not "realistic" but highly dangerous. The belief that we can bet on long-term nuclear deterrence, keeping thousands of nuclear weapons operational 24 hours a day without ever being used, is naïve at best.
Those states that do not rely on nuclear deterrence have codified their position on nuclear weapons under international law for the first time with the AVV. On that basis, they can assert with greater unity and vehemence their right to no longer be exposed to the risks posed by nuclear weapons...
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support for the ban on nuclear weapons
Overview of State Support for the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
On July 07.07.2017th, 193, 122 of the XNUMX UN states voted for the adoption of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. Only the Netherlands voted against, Singapore abstained.
The resolution on the nuclear weapons ban treaty in the UN General Assembly on December 7, 2020 was supported by 130 states, 42 states voted against and 14 abstained.
To date (as of December 28, 2021), 86 states have signed the ban treaty, 59 states have ratified or acceded to it. The ban treaty came into force on January 22, 2021 ...
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Wikipedia
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is an international agreement that prohibits the development, production, testing, acquisition, stockpiling, transport, deployment and use of nuclear weapons, as well as the threat to do so. On January 22, 2021, 90 days after the 50th ratification, the treaty came into force.
In December 2016, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution mandated to negotiate such a treaty. The first round of negotiations took place in New York in March 2017, the second in July 2017. 132 of the 124 member states took part in the first conference and 193 in the second, including Austria as a co-initiator. The drafted treaty was approved on July 7, 2017 by 122 votes; the Netherlands voted against, Singapore abstained. At the UN General Assembly in September 2017, 53 countries initially signed. As of October 8, 2021, 86 states had signed and 56 states had ratified the treaty.
The official and de facto nuclear powers and the NATO countries, with the exception of the Netherlands, did not take part in the negotiations and did not subsequently sign the treaty. Iran and Saudi Arabia took part in the negotiations as the only countries suspected of attempting to build or have nuclear weapons at their disposal, but they did not sign the treaty either...
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