Newsletter XXIII 2022 |
June 01st to 09th
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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:
June 04, 2008 (INES 0 Class.?) Krsko, SVN
June 06, 2008 (INES 1) Phillipsburg, DEU
June 08, 1970 (INES 4 NAMS 3,6) LLNL, USA
June 09, 1985 (INES 4) Davis Besse, USA
June 10, 2009 (INES 2) nuclear factory Cadarache, FRA
June 10, 1977 (INES ? Class.?) Millstone, USA
June 13, 1984 (INES ? Class.?) Fort St Vrain, USA
June 14, 1985 (INES ? Class.?) nuclear center Constituentes, ARG
June 16, 2005 (INES ? Class.?) Braidwood, USA
June 17, 1997 (INES ? Class.?) Nuclear factory Arzamas-16, RUS
June 18, 1999 (INES 2) Shika, JPN
June 18, 1988 (INES ? Class.?) Tihange-1, BEL
June 18, 1982 (INES ? Class.?) Oconee, USA
June 18, 1978 (INES ? Class.?) Brunsbuettel, DEU
June 19, 1961 (INES 3 NAMS 4) nuclear factory Sellafield, GBR
June 21, 2013 (INES ? Class.?) Kuosheng, TWN
June 23, 2012 (INES 1 Class.?) Rajasthan, IND
June 26, 2000 (INES 1 Class.?) Grafenrheinfeld, DEU
June 28, 2007 (INES 0 Class.?) Brunsbuettel, DEU
June 28, 2007 (INES 0 Class.?) Krümmel, DEU
June 28, 1992 (INES 2) Barsebäck-2, SWE
June 29, 2005 (INES ? Class.?) Forsmark, SWE
June 30, 1983 (INES ? Class.?) Embalse, ARG
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08. June
Combustion engines | EU Parliament | Greenhouse gas
EU Parliament to ban new vehicles with combustion engines from 2035
In the fight for more climate protection, the EU Parliament wants to ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035.
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Renewable energies in Berlin
Association proposes Wannsee reactor as a location for wind turbines
Under pressure from the federal government, Berlin is looking for ways to set up wind turbines in the city. More options seem conceivable than expected: the research reactor at Wannsee is one possible location.
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Büchel | ICAN | IPPNW | Nuclear weapons
Opponents of nuclear weapons hold action week in Büchel
BOOK. Activists of the German sections of the organizations International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War/Doctors in Social Responsibility eV (IPPNW) are giving notice from July 5th to 10.7th. organized an action week at Büchel Air Base to protest against the nuclear weapons stored there.
Chomsky | Ukraine War | nuclear war
Chomsky: We must insist that nuclear war is an unthinkable policy
Peaceful ways of resolving the conflict in the Ukraine war must be sought. But the USA is counting on military victory. Europe joins in. A dangerous game with nuclear war fire, says Noam Chomsky
(Part 1 | 2)
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Ukraine War | nuclear weapon | control
odyssey into loss of control
How can the way out of the Ukraine war look like? A continued dialogue
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CO2 | EU Parliament | Climate protection
The credibility of EU climate policy is at stake
When the European Parliament votes today on future CO2 limits for cars, nothing less than the credibility of European climate protection policy is at stake. MEPs must not allow themselves to be put under pressure by the oil and car lobbies: the internal combustion engine will never go green.
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June 08, 1970 - (INES 4 | NAMS 3,6)
LLNL, California, United States
Nuclear research and nuclear weapons development
In 1965 and 1970, the Lawrenz Livermore Lab released approximately 650.000 Curies (23.700 TBq) of tritium into the air from the chimneys of the Tritium Facility (Building 331).
The largest release in LLNL history was about 13.000 TBq in 1965.
The second highest dose comes from the release of 10.700 TBq that took place in 1970.
After the 1965 accident, not much data is available on wind patterns, precipitation, etc., but after the 1970 accident, Livermore Lab scientists found elevated tritium levels that they linked to the 1970 accident, as far south as Fresno, in southeast about 200 miles away.
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07. June
grassroots | pacifism | Non-violent
Grassroots Revolution newspaper turns 50:
Pacifism as the core of the brand
The Grassroots Revolution newspaper has been around for 50 years. It stands for consistent non-violence - not even the Ukraine war changes that.
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Runtime | Majority | Nuclear phase-out | Kini Jödler
But no end to nuclear power?
Nuclear phase-out, next round of the endless debate
After Saxony's Prime Minister Kretschmer, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder is now repeating the call for the lifespans of Germany's three remaining nuclear reactors to be extended. A debate that never ends. Right?
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They have to be in the media every day and since there is nothing new and certainly nothing good to report about the actions of the sovereigns, they just start talking and repeating what they haven't said for at least 24 hours. The main thing is that there is coverage, controversy and approval from the far right ...
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France | Dryness | cooling water
French nuclear power plant has to be curtailed due to drought
May in France was dry and hot. That's why a nuclear power plant had to be throttled at Pentecost - the river simply doesn't carry enough water.
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UN boss to students: "Do not work for climate destroyers"
Young people have an important role to play in the fight against the climate crisis. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized this in a speech. In it he appealed to students not to work for climate-damaging companies.
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Small Modular Reactor | Nuclear waste | boom
Nuclear power: Small reactors exacerbate the disposal problem
SMR reactors produce up to 30 times more radioactive waste than normal nuclear power plants
Not a good alternative: Small nuclear reactors are considered a climate-friendly addition to renewable energies - at least among the supporters of Small Modular Reactors (SMR). But now a study reveals that these small reactors produce up to 30 times more nuclear waste per output than conventional nuclear power plants - and this nuclear waste is even more radioactive. The currently booming SMR construction could thus exacerbate the problem of radioactive disposal even further.
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06. June
Ukraine | Westinghouse | Fuel assemblies
Cooperation with US group:
Ukraine relies on nuclear power
In order to ensure security of supply, Kyiv wants to expand the use of nuclear energy. But that's not the only reason.
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open letter | Ukraine | war | negotiation
Supporting Ukraine: negotiations instead of arms
Alice Schwarzer defends open letter against arms deliveries to Ukraine. And indeed: the goals of German foreign policy are not discussed enough. A comment
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Romania | Coal exit | Gas | NuScale | SMR
Coal phase-out and nuclear power plant plans
In Romania, the power generation market is in transition. The Romanian government has announced that it will phase out coal two years earlier than originally planned – as early as 2030. A law to this effect is to be passed in the near future, as reported by the Europe Beyound Coal network. In addition, according to information from Greenpeace Romania, it is planned that the Romanian state will buy photovoltaic systems with a minimum output of three to five kilowatts for each dismissed miner. These are positive signals, but the coin also has a downside.
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05. June
Sustainable | collaps | Media | Skandal | Economy | System
DWS scandal and sustainability goals
How we bring about the collapse
Did you notice that two huge environmental scandals made the news this week? Or that the UN is now openly warning of a “global collapse”? No? That has its reasons.
The earth that once seemed so big must be recognized as small as it is. We live in a closed system, we are absolutely dependent on the earth and on each other, both for our own lives and for the generations to come.
From the 2200 Menton Message signed by 1972 scientists
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electrification | Climate protection | power consumption | fossil energies
Electrification: This is how it can advance the energy transition
Electrification replaces fossil fuels. However, this form of climate protection has a downside. You can read here what it is and what you can do.
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Natural gas | North Africa | Spain | fossil
LNG for Europe
Spain's key role in gas
Thanks to many liquefied natural gas terminals, Spain is important for Europe's energy supply. New pipelines could increase the status of the country. But how does that fit with the move away from fossil fuels?
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climate crime | Military | Emissions | Rebellion
Intoxicated by fossils: why the military are destroying the climate and why young people are rebelling
Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey has been fighting climate crime for decades. In the Telepolis interview he talks about the military as the single largest polluter, climate reparations and rebellion (part 1 | 2)
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Desertec | North Africa | Solar | desert
The Desertec project: energy from the desert
North Africa or Saudi Arabia are fed up with the sun. They produce electricity from solar energy for almost nothing. That creates covetousness in Europe. But there is still a lot to do before the sunny states export renewable energy to Europe.
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Habeck | Change of heart | windvane | CO2
Economics Minister Habeck: Dangerous experiments with carbon dioxide
Robert Habeck would like to capture carbon dioxide and have it liquefied and pressed into the ground under the North Sea. The procedure is controversial
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04. June
Scholz | Climate Crisis | Nazis
Olaf Scholz and the climate movement:
Of ordinary Madness
Olaf Scholz did not understand the problem of the climate crisis. It would be the chancellor's job to organize a fundamental change now.
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Solar plant | rental fee | Climate change
Rent a solar system: the advantages at a glance
Renting a solar system can be a good alternative to buying one. We will show you the advantages of a rented solar system and what you should pay attention to.
plunder | fossil | protests | Greenwashing
How bloody oil policies and climate wars are burning the future
Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey on Sacking Africa, Suppressing Protests, and Burning a Continent for Profit (Part 1 | 2)
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Planet | Environment | conference | Concept
One earth has to suffice
It was the birth of international environmental policy: 50 years ago, the first World Environment Conference began in Stockholm. A lot has been achieved since then – in the rich countries. The overexploitation of the planet continued and has now reached a pace that the world cannot sustain for another 50 years.
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Electricity price | green power | Merit order | usury
Current electricity prices unjustified - merit order as a pretext for extortionate prices
The Merit order is now being misused as a pretext for skyrocketing electricity prices for electricity customers. It is up to the federal government to put an end to this activity.
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special fund | Basic Law | Armament | MIC
Entry into upgrading
Military-industrial complex
Bundestag waves "special assets" for the Bundeswehr, including amendments to the Basic Law. Almost no extra-parliamentary protest
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Amendment to the Basic Law in no time at all, and everyone is part of the game. So that nobody gets the idea that they are all pulling in the same direction anyway, there are a few mock battles between the Nato blue hawks and the steel gray ex-peace doves to distract them. Of course, the show wrestlers on both sides all come from the same training camp, the successful stable of the "Friends of MIC".
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Historian Münkler: "We are experiencing a return to classic power politics"
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has rapidly changed the world. A conversation with the political scientist and historian Herfried Münkler about 100 days of war.
Mr. Münkler, the war against the Ukraine has already lasted 100 days. The situation is getting more and more difficult. Russia's President Vladimir Putin relies on the power of slow but brutal destruction. Will he emerge victorious from this battle in the end?
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June 04, 2008 - (INES 0) - Krsko, Ljubljana, SVN
The regulator shut down the Krsko nuclear power plant after the primary cooling system failed and coolant leaked into the reactor containment.
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03. June
EU Commission | dependent | fossil
Full of nasty surprises
HOT TIMES – The climate column: The EU's energy program is not a farewell to the fossil age
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Sarah-Lee Heinrich sharply criticizes the special fund: "Definitely wrong priorities are set"
On Friday, the Bundestag will vote on the 100 billion euro special fund for the Bundeswehr. The rearmament package is to be laid down in the Basic Law, bypassing the debt brake. Green youth spokeswoman Sarah-Lee Heinrich is one of the critics of this financial package. In an interview with watson, she talks about what bothers her and where she thinks the money would be better spent.
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Nuclear power, no thank you!
50 years anti-nuclear movement
Five decades after the anti-nuclear movement in Breisach and Wyhl was born, it is celebrating its most important success: the last nuclear power plants in Germany are shut down.
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Nuclear power: Know-how for plant dismantling sold
Dependencies: Without Russia, the dismantling of decommissioned nuclear power plants will be difficult
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Industry calls for biogas funding
The little way out organic waste
The biogas industry wants to use more biowaste to generate energy. This is sustainable, but offers only a very limited way out of the fuel-or-food debate that has flared up again. In the meantime, Environment Minister Lemke calls the promotion of energy crops for fuel a mistake.
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Off Topic
It's better to accept massacres than to protect people
USA 393 million firearms are in circulation in the USA. The killing spree in Uvalde will not change that. Because the weapons problem in the United States is a symptom of its democracy problem
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"America" by Ramstein | We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar ...
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02. June
Return to nuclear power?
Climate neutrality through nuclear energy, is that possible? And should that work at all? Does nuclear energy have the potential to salvage the looming energy crisis? All just “massive lobbying”, agree Martin Baumann and Günther Pauritsch from the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA).
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Heat pumps installed in more than half of new residential buildings for the first time in 2021
Renewable energies are becoming more and more popular for heating in residential buildings. According to the Federal Statistical Office, heat pumps in particular.
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Joint press release by:
Action alliance "Stop Westcastor" Jülich
Action alliance Münsterland against nuclear facilities
AntiAtomBonn
Environment Working Group (AKU) Gronau
Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)
Münsterland regional group
Federal Association of Citizens' Initiatives Environmental Protection (BBU)
Citizens' initiative "nuclear-free 3-country triangle"
Citizens' initiative "No nuclear waste in Ahaus"
International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW, German Section)
Nuclear plants in NRW forgotten: anti-nuclear power initiatives and associations criticize black-green exploratory talks and urge "real" nuclear phase-out in NRW too!
Ministry of Economics relevant for the nuclear phase-out
Anti-nuclear power initiatives from NRW and the Federal Association of Citizens' Initiatives for Environmental Protection (BBU), the IPPNW and the BUND regional group Münsterland (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz) criticize the results of the previous talks between the CDU and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen after the NRW state elections. Sharp criticism is leveled at the exploratory paper in particular, in which the CDU and the Greens say absolutely nothing about the numerous nuclear plants in North Rhine-Westphalia or the frequent nuclear transports between the Rhine and Weser...
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offshore | Power grid | Energy transition
First German offshore wind farm delivers control reserve
Since May 2022, Ørsted's Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm has been providing system-stabilizing balancing power for the German power grid. The companies Energy2market and Ørsted have worked together successfully on the implementation of using the electricity from Borkum Riffgrund 1 as balancing energy for the German electricity grid.
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That's it for Isar 2
The deadline for preparing an extension of the service life of the last Bavarian nuclear power plant has passed. Were the state government's warnings about power shortages just window dressing?
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01. June
Another setback for the Japanese government
Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido may not be reconnected to the grid
The district court in Sapporo has ruled that the Tomari nuclear power plant in the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido should not be allowed to go back on the grid. More than 1.000 people had complained about the restart.
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Climate Crisis | Dependent | fossil
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: "We need a new climate foreign policy"
Researcher Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker on five decades of environmental debates, ecological successes and missed opportunities.
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Berlin | Wannsee | Nuclear waste
Radiant waste in Berlin
Wannsee is to get a new storage hall for nuclear waste
The capacity of the existing storage hall for radioactive waste should be sufficient by 2025. What will happen to the waste after 2025 is not yet entirely clear.
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Invest | climate startup | Solar plant
Million deal: Klarna founder joins Hamburg solar energy startup
Niklas Adalberth built up the payment giant Klarna. Now he is joining the hyped climate startup of ex-Tesla manager Philipp Schröder. What are they hoping for from the deal?
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Chomsky | class struggle | Climate catastrophe
Noam Chomsky: From Class Struggle to the Green Revolution
The class struggle never ends, says Chomsky. The question is which side wins. Today is about the survival of mankind. Only a green revolution can stop the climate catastrophe (Part 2)
In this interview, Noam Chomsky speaks about activism and the urgency of transitioning to a sustainable future. Chomsky is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT and currently Professor at the University of Arizona. He has published around 150 books in the fields of linguistics, political and social theory, political economy, media studies, US foreign policy and international affairs.
Political scientist CJ Polychroniou asks the questions. It's the second part of an interview with Noam Chomsky. The first part is found here. The original in English appeared on the news site truthout.
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Part 1: Noam Chomsky: Illegitimate rule in the US is becoming more and more extreme
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Wikipedia
resistance (politics)
Resistance is the refusal to obey or active opposition to the authorities or the government.
It is initially of secondary importance whether the rulers against whom resistance is being exercised exercise their rule legally, legitimately or illegally. Evaluations such as "justified resistance", goals and means of resistance, moral and legal concerns require an observer's point of view: it depends on who, where and at what time the evaluation is made. The resister will always evaluate the resistance differently than the one against whom the resistance is directed. The latter, however, is usually the "authority" who at the same time has the power to define law and order. Accordingly, resistance is outside the set order.
background and demarcation
Resistance as a form of social and political debate has been anchored in European political culture since ancient times. In almost all forms of society there was or is a consensus that resistance can be necessary and legitimate in certain cases. In specific cases, opinions sometimes differ.
Resistance must be distinguished from revolution because it is not fundamentally aimed at reforming the social order. In certain circumstances, the restoration of an old law or a legal system that has been repealed can be the central concern. Nevertheless, a movement that started as a resistance can lead to a revolution...
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Revolution
A revolution is a fundamental and lasting structural change in one or more systems, which usually takes place abruptly or in a relatively short time. It can be peaceful or violent. There are revolutions in the most diverse areas of social and cultural life. The terms evolution and reform are antonyms: they stand for slower developments or for changes without radical change. The exact definition is disputed, there is no generally valid theory of revolution about the necessary and sufficient conditions for the emergence of each revolution, the phases of its course and its short-term and long-term consequences. A participant in a revolution is called a revolutionary...
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