Newsletter XXVIII 2022 |
11. to 16. July
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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:
July 5, 2000 (INES ? Class.?) Grafenrheinfeld, DEU
July 8, 2008 (INES 1 Class.?) Nuclear factory Eurodif, Pierrelatte, FRA
July 10, 1991 (INES 3) Bilibino, RUS
July 10, 1985 (Terror) Rainbow Warrior I, Auckland, FRA
July 14, 1955 (INES 3) nuclear factory Sellafield, GBR
July 16, 1979 (INES 3 NAMS 1,9) nuclear factory Sellafield, GBR
July 16, 1945 (1st atomic bomb test) Trinity, NM, USA
July 17, 1984 (INES 3 NAMS 1,8) nuclear factory Sellafield, GBR
July 22, 2007 (INES ? Class.?) Unterweser, DEU
July 23, 2008 (INES 0 Class.?) Nuclear factory Tricastin, FRA
July 24, 1964 (INES 4) Nuclear factory UNC Charlestown, RI, USA
July 25, 2006 (INES 2) Forsmark, SWE
July 25, 1979 (INES ? Class.?) EL-3, Paris-Saclay, FRA
July 26, 1959 (INES 6) SNL, Simi Valley, CA, USA
July 27, 2004 (INES 1 Class.?) Neckarwestheim NPP, BW, GER
July 27, 1972 (INES ? Class.?) Surry NPP, VA, USA
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16 July
Brazil | Right Terror | Election campaign
Murder of PT Member - Supreme Electoral Court Responds
The assassination of PT Treasurer Marcelo Arruda by a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro rocked Brazil this week. The crime occurred in the early hours of July 10 in the town of Foz do Iguaçu, in southern Paraná state. PT member Arruda was celebrating his 50th birthday at the city's sports center when Federal Criminal Police Officer Jorge Guaranho shot and ended the celebration. Arruda, also armed, fired back. Guaranho was wounded and has been in a local hospital ever since. As pictures from a surveillance camera showed, the exchange of fire between the supporter of the right-wing extremist leader Bolsonaro and the member of the Workers' Party was preceded by a dispute...
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nuclear power? No thank you
»Nuclear power should be given a green coat«
Summer bike tour of the anti-nuclear movement from Belgium to Switzerland. Fight at EU level continues. A conversation with Armin Simon
The anti-nuclear bike tour of several initiatives from Belgium to Switzerland, which your association is coordinating, has been running for a week. It started on July 9th at the Tihange nuclear power plant. The first part, the "Northern Tour", is scheduled to end on July 30 along many stations in Gorleben. Are the iodine tablets and lead vests enough for everyone?
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Olaf Scholz | Climate protection | Extension
"We're really getting started now" Scholz emphasizes the importance of climate protection goals despite the energy crisis
The Chancellor comments on the current situation in a video message. The fact that power plants that were already out of order had to be used was bitter.
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Sellafield | release | Wikipedia manipulation
July 16, 1979 (INES 3 | NAMS 1,9) Sellafield, GBR
In a remote gutting cave in building B30 were caught in a fire 3,7 TBq released radioactivity.
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This accident, as well as several other releases of radioactivity originating from Sellafield, are no longer in the German Wikipedia a DAK Bungalow. The one classified as "serious accident" INES 5 Windscale fire of 1957 is the only pre-2005 Sellafield incident that hasn't disappeared from Wikipedia...
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Wikipedia
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield
The complex was made famous by a catastrophic fire in 1957 and by frequent nuclear incidents, which is one of the reasons why it was renamed Sellafield. Until the mid-1980s, large quantities of the nuclear waste generated in daily operations were discharged in liquid form via a pipeline into the Irish Sea ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Incidents
Radiological releases
Between 1950 and 2000 there were 21 serious off-site incidents or accidents involving radiological releases that warranted classification on the International Nuclear Event Scale, one at Level 5, five at Level 4 and fifteen at Level 3. In addition, there were in intentional releases of plutonium and irradiated uranium oxide particles into the atmosphere known for extended periods in the 1950s and 1960s...
Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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United States | atomic bomb tests | Trinity
July 16, 1945 (1st atomic bomb test) Trinity, NM, USA
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Wikipedia
The US led the first Atomic Bomb Test "Trinity in the Alamogordo Test Range when fissile material was found in the Hanford Site produced plutonium-239 used, yield was 20-22 kilotons (kT).
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Kernwaffentests
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Atomwaffen A - Z
https://www.atomwaffena-z.info/heute/atomwaffenstaaten/usa/aktuelles-usa.html
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15 July
Belgium | approval | Doel Tihange
controversy over nuclear power
Belgium takes two nuclear reactors off the grid
Against the will of politicians, the operator will shut down the two reactors as planned because of safety concerns.
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energy crisis:
Japan plans to connect up to nine nuclear reactors to the grid
Japan's prime minister has demanded that up to nine nuclear reactors be put into operation by the winter. This is intended to deal with impending energy bottlenecks.
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United States | Nuclear Tests Pacific
Nuclear Tests in the Pacific: Still Radiated
In view of the growing threat of nuclear war in the wake of the Ukraine war, the nuclear tests in the Pacific should serve as a warning. Radiated people and regions have not been helped to this day. What really happened back then and what is missing today.
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Anti-nuclear bike ride
On Friday, the anti-nuclear bike tour rolls from Ahaus via Gronau to Almelo, on Saturday from there to Lingen, where a rally will take place on the market square at 18.15 p.m. - be there!
Here again the most important data:
Friday July 15:
9.15 a.m.: Ahaus interim storage facility
11.30 a.m.: UAA Gronau
17.30 p.m.: UAA Almelo
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Saturday July 16th:
9.30 a.m.: UAA Almelo
17.15 p.m.: Lingen nuclear plant
17.45 p.m.: Lingen fuel element factory
18.15 p.m.: Lingen market square rally
All further information in the blog or on Twitter www.ausgestrahlt.de
Nuclear-free climate greetings
SOFA (Sofortiger Atomausstieg) Münster, action alliance Münsterland against nuclear facilities
www.sofa-ms.de, www.urantransport.de
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14 July
Christian Lindner | blocked | Climate policy | Media
And the AKW greets you every day
Instead of finally obeying the law and making an effective climate policy, the FDP is blocking and carrying out diversionary maneuvers. Unfortunately, many media play along with it.
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Sellafield | release | Wikipedia manipulation
July 14, 1955 (INES 3) Sellafield, GBR
A radioactive leak was discovered during clean-up work.
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This accident, as well as several other releases of radioactivity originating from Sellafield, are no longer in the German Wikipedia a DAK Bungalow. The one classified as "serious accident" INES 5 Windscale fire of 1957 is the only pre-2005 Sellafield incident that hasn't disappeared from Wikipedia...
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Wikipedia
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield
The complex was made famous by a catastrophic fire in 1957 and by frequent nuclear incidents, which is one of the reasons why it was renamed Sellafield. Until the mid-1980s, large quantities of the nuclear waste generated in daily operations were discharged in liquid form via a pipeline into the Irish Sea ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield#Incidents
Radiological releases
Between 1950 and 2000 there were 21 serious off-site incidents or accidents involving radiological releases that warranted classification on the International Nuclear Event Scale, one at Level 5, five at Level 4 and fifteen at Level 3. In addition, there were in intentional releases of plutonium and irradiated uranium oxide particles into the atmosphere known for extended periods in the 1950s and 1960s...
Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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13 July
photosynthesis | carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis in the laboratory
"We're at the point where we can reprogram biology"
Researchers want to use sunlight to produce environmentally friendly raw materials - and to do this they are replicating the metabolism of leaves. A Marburg researcher has made great progress and has now won a prize worth millions.
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Conversion of CO2 into a stable form via pyrolysis
Novocarbo implements the first carbon removal parks for permanent CO2 removal in Germany. According to current plans, the capacity will be expanded to over 2025 tons of CO30.000 per year by 2.
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Renewables | Emissions | climate neutrality
"100 percent renewable energies by 2030 at the latest"
Expert Rüdiger Haude says: wind and sun should replace Russian gas. The reformed EEG is a first step, but the targets are too low. Germany can switch to 2030 percent green electricity by 100.
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Taxonomy | Greenwashing | Atomic power | Nuclear technology
EU Taxonomy, Nuclear Greenwashing and the Military Background
Ralf Streck in conversation with Florian Rötzer about the reasons why gas and above all nuclear power as "transitional technologies" were recognized by the EU as green energies and why France, which is the only nuclear power in the EU after Brexit, continues to rely on expensive nuclear power puts. In France, only half of the nuclear power plants are connected to the grid, because of the heat there is a risk of a blackout in summer, the construction of new nuclear power plants like in Flamanville is many times more expensive than planned and has been dragging on for 15 years. Hardly anyone talks about it, although Macron made the background clear last year: Without civilian nuclear technology, there is no military nuclear technology...
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12 July
lifetime extension for nuclear power plants:
"Sham debate" on resubmission
The FDP tightened the tone in the nuclear power discussion. In addition to content-related considerations, the bad poll numbers could also be behind it.
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NRW | wind | Nature Conservation
Renewable energies in NRW:
New Environment Minister does not want wind turbines in nature reserves
In particular, the Greens in the new North Rhine-Westphalia coalition are pressing the tube when it comes to expanding wind power. However, nature reserves remain taboo for Environment Minister Krischer. According to the black-green coalition agreement, at least 1000 additional wind turbines are to be built in NRW over the next five years.
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Wind power | renewable | Comeback
Crisis industry gives hope
"Wind power will come back with a vengeance"
Germany wants to get away from Russian gas as quickly as possible and is also relying on the massive expansion of renewable energies. At the same time, the wind power industry is deep in crisis. The federal government now wants to correct earlier decisions.
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China dominates the global solar market
The global energy transition depends on Chinese supply chains. After all, solar modules are mainly manufactured in China today. In order to secure the climate goals, countries should produce more locally, the International Energy Agency has now confirmed.
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United States | heat wave | Coup
Extreme life: How the US could trigger climate world wars
In the United States, which is suffering from heat waves, Trump supporters could soon take the helm again. A catastrophe for climate protection. Climate-style world wars are imminent if the world's population does not resist.
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11 July
South Korea | Nuclear weapons | deterrence
Policy change in South Korea: Seoul continues to rely on nuclear power
South Korea reverses exit. One reason is the high energy prices. But it's also about deterrence.
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Military | Environment | Climate killer
The military also kills the climate
Not only the war in Ukraine is weakening the survivability of mankind
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SES: EU cements dependency with gas and nuclear power
In its plenary session, the Parliament of the European Union decided by 328 votes to 278 with 33 abstentions to classify investments in nuclear and gas power as sustainable under certain conditions. The EU is thus awarding a sustainability label to those sectors that are at the heart of the current energy crisis in Europe.
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France | EDF | energy crisis
German solar systems are leaving French nuclear power behind
Corrosion damage to nuclear power plants and summer heat threaten France's electricity production / Shut down coal-fired power plant is restarted.
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Keep Calm!
As is well known, state nuclear subsidies in France know no borders. And as we know, French presidents also like to light a hearty firecracker. Of course, this can backfire, but one should not underestimate the French efforts to save their "Force de Frappe".
Le President Macron has the power to make the cracks in the steel disappear and write the nuclear power plants to health at any time by means of an "Order de Mufti" ...
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News+ 11 July
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Climate movement | Last Generation
How is the protest going, Lina Schinköthe?
With their road blockades, the latest grouping of the climate movement is making headlines - not always positive ones. What strategies does the "Last Generation" pursue and what distinguishes them from other groups? Questions for the climate activist Lina Schinköthe - part 7 of our interview series ...
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Background knowledge
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reaktorpleite.de
Map of the nuclear world:
We don't have time to dally, the place is on fire...
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The internal search:
Last generation climate movement
brought the following results, among others:
May 31, 2022 - Can this be self-defence? This is how a lawyer defends the last generation
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April 15, 2022 - Ukraine: When consumers want to prevent a war
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February 22, 2022 - The anger of climate activists is growing: who, please, should save the world?
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YouTube channel - Reaktorpleite
Spiegel TV - 08:35
The "Last Generation" Climate Activists
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DW reporter - 12:30
Two generations against climate change
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Friedrich Ebert Foundation - 58:15
Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz talks to climate activists from "Last Generation"
Playlist - radioactivity worldwide ...
This playlist contains over 150 videos on the topic
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Ecosia
This search engine is planting trees!
Keyword search: climate movement last generation
https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Klimabewegung Letzte Generation
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Wikipedia
Climate catastrophe
is the term for climate change with worldwide catastrophic effects. This also includes uncontrolled global warming, for example as a greenhouse-earth scenario. In the mass media in particular, the term is often used as a framework for interpreting the feared consequences of man-made climate change. Sometimes, even in climate impact research, drastic consequences are referred to as climate catastrophes. Climate catastrophes serve as motifs in literature and film. If left unsolved, the current political, social and technological climate crisis would result in a climate catastrophe...
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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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