1. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    stopped the machine several times, but the employee revoked the stops and continued loading. Due to overheating and an increase in radioactivity, an alarm was triggered and the emergency shutdown was initiated. Some fuel elements that had just been loaded melted. Since the cooling system was still functioning at a quarter of normal levels, there was no major catastrophe. Only small amounts of radioactivity...

  2. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Radioactive steam escapes to the outside due to a leak in the live steam system. The incident lasted more than two hours. The security team used manipulation to override the automatic emergency shutdown in order to save the operator millions in losses. Vattenfall covered up the incident for days until an anonymous caller informed the public. The facility was...

  3. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    1 in the open position and released steam into the environment. The water level in a connected steam generator fell; To avert a power excursion, the reactor block was automatically switched off... Nuclear power plantsPlag Cattenom The Cattenom nuclear power plant is located in the Lorraine region north of Metz on the Moselle and is only a few kilometers from the German and...

  4. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    | 1989-1980 | 1979-1970 | 1969-1960 | 1959-1950 | 1949-1940 | Vorher 1999 27. Dezember 1999 (INES 2) Akw Blayais, FRA Ein Sturm überflutete den Atomreaktor Blayais-2 und erzwang eine Notabschaltung, nachdem Einspritzpumpen und Sicherheitssysteme des Sicherheitsbehälters aufgrund von Wasserschäden ausgefallen waren. (Kosten 63 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Kernkraftwerk...

  5. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    2009 (INES 1) Akw Gravelines, FRA Das Brennelementesystem hat die abgebrannten Brennstäbe nicht ordnungsgemäß aus dem Akw Gravelines ausgeworfen, was zu einer Verklemmung der Brennstäbe und zur Abschaltung des Reaktors führte. (Kosten ca. 2 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Langsam aber sicher werden alle relevanten Infos zu Störungen in der Atomindustrie aus der deutschen...

  6. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Many residents of the nuclear power plant gathered in front of the headquarters of the electricity supplier KEPCO in the Kita district of Osaka and criticized the company's plan to bring the reactor back online after a twelve-year shutdown. [...] In May, the Japanese government passed a law that allows nuclear reactors to be licensed to operate for more than 60 years....

  7. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    Success of the anti-nuclear movement ended. [...] Nevertheless, the joy about the nuclear power plant shutdown was rather muted among many in the movement. Because the conflict over nuclear power and the energy transition will not be over when the reactors are shut down. Not only the ongoing operation of nuclear power plants, but also the demolition that takes decades to complete poses dangers. Tens of thousands of tons of some heavily irradiated...

  8. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    MW • Type: 5 x Horizontal Pressure Tube • Start of construction: 1968/1990/1990/2002/2003 • Manufacturer: CGEC/AECL (Rajasthan-2); DAE (Rajasthan-3 to -6) Commissioning: 1972/1980/1999/2000/2009/2010 • Shutdown: open... Numerous leaks and IAEA inspection Radioactive tritium leaked in Rajasthan-5 in June 2012, releasing 34 Casual workers are exposed to increased radiation. In November of the same...

  9. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    French seismologists viewed it as a radiation risk for the region... * June 10, 1977 (INES class?) Millstone nuclear power plant, USA A hydrogen explosion damaged three buildings and forced the shutdown of the Millstone-1 reactor. Nuclear Power Accidents.pdf Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Millstone... On June 10, 1977, a hydrogen explosion occurred at Millstone-1; the reactor was shut down...

  10. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Spahn's argument is misleading: all installed fossil energy systems make it significantly more difficult to achieve the climate goals. The expert emphasizes that it makes sense to change course now. The shutdown of the last three nuclear power plants in Germany has resulted in more coal being burned and Germany emitting 15 to 20 million tons more CO2 per year, said Jens Spahn at...

  11. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    | Hinkley Point Atomkraft: Frankreich beschleunigt Fahrt in eine Sackgasse Gesetz zum schnelleren Bau neuer AKW beschlossen: enorm teuer und riskant. In Deutschland sind Strompreise nach Abschaltung nicht gestiegen. Bevor es um das Atomstromland Frankreich geht, zunächst eine gute Nachricht für deutsche Verbraucher. Die bringt die Fraktionsvorsitzende der Grünen im Bundestag, Katharina Dröge,...

  12. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    A nuclear power plant will be shut down in May so that the Gironde in the southwest of the country on the Atlantic does not heat up even more. In addition to the massive corrosion in the crack reactors, which is causing the shutdown of many nuclear reactors, the lack of cooling water for the nuclear power plants is now becoming more and more of a problem... * Energy transition | Renewable | Heat from wind and solar power will heat communities...

  13. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    classified as level 4 (accident)... April 20th Nuclear lobby | Nuclear economy | Final storage The incorrigible The reactions of the nuclear lobby in view of the shutdown of the last German nuclear power plants range between anger and defiance. They no longer understand the world because they were used to appearing as know-it-alls and all-rounders, who are fearful because they are ignorant...

  14. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    There is no sign of the promised green meadow here,” says Arno Schelle. “Instead they want to build a gigantic nuclear waste storage facility here.” [...] And now? After the final shutdown of the last nuclear power plants on April 15th, is there still a need for movement? Yes, of course, says Wolfgang Ehmke. The remaining initiatives on site would have many tasks to do. So “the uncertainty remains as to what will happen to the...

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

    in Stockholm with... * March 13, 1980 (INES 4) Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant, FRA A faulty cooling system melted fuel elements in the UNGG Saint Laurent A-2 reactor and forced a longer shutdown ... Nuclear Power Accidents.pdf - Atom power plants Plag https: //atom power planteplag.fandom.com/de/wiki/Saint-Laurent_(France) 1980: Partial core meltdown in reactor A-2 The second accident in...

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

    ... * 06. März 2006 (INES Klass.?!!) NFS, Erwin, TN, USA In einer Anlage der Firma Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin liefen 35 Liter hochangereichertes Uran aus, was eine siebenmonatige Abschaltung erforderlich machte. Nuclear Power Accidents.pdf - Wikipedia de https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Fuel_Services Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) ist ein amerikanisches Nuklearunternehmen. Die Firma ist...

  17. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    However, 3 of these remained stuck in the top position, whereupon the reactor was shut down by injecting boric acid into the cooling circuit. A quick shutdown was then simulated by retracting the remaining nine groups with a total of 54 control rods in order to check their function. It turned out that another 19 control rods failed in the same way...

  18. Newsletter VIII 2023 - February 19th to 25th - News+ Mönch von Lützerath: Sympathetic figures of the climate movement

    Newsletter VIII 2023 February 19th to 25th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of accidents and releases of radioactivity. Some of this information was only made public under the most difficult conditions. As new information emerges,...

  19. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    at the bottom of the sea... *** February 13 Nuclear phase-out | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium enrichment plant Gronau | Garching research reactor Dear friends, 61 days left until the Emsland, Neckarwestheim II and Isar II nuclear power plants are shut down - how many days are left until the Lingen fuel element factory, the Gronau uranium enrichment plant and the research reactor are shut down...

  20. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    therefore turns out to be what it really is: a helpless propaganda of the nuclear proponents, without any substance in reality... * Belgium | Tihange | cracks | Shutdown of cracks, protests and human chains: Tihange 2 goes offline today The controversial Belgian nuclear reactor Tihange 2 has been keeping people busy in the Aachen city region for over a decade, but also in...

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