1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    caused by human error or natural disasters. As a result of a nuclear accident, radioactive substances are released in greatly increased quantities... Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS) Nuclear accidents: Chernobyl The Chernobyl accident led to the revision of programs to protect the population from radioactive radiation in many countries... April 25th MPs |...

  2. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    In particular, some states and small island nations that are already particularly hard hit by climate change had pushed for clear language and, above all, more commitment to climate change... * BfS | Radon map shows regional radon pollution in Germany A new map from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection shows the average pollution with the radioactive gas radon in Germany....

  3. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    Chernobyl nuclear disaster may still be contaminated with radioactive cesium. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) announced that increased values ​​were measured primarily in southern Bavaria and the Bavarian Forest. Read here which fungi are affected. Salzgitter, Berlin. Wild edible mushrooms in southern Germany can still be contaminated with radioactive substances 37 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...

  4. 1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events

    caused by human error or natural disasters. As a result of a nuclear accident, radioactive substances are released in greatly increased quantities... Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS) Nuclear accidents: Chernobyl The Chernobyl accident led in many countries to revise the programs to protect the population from radioactive radiation... January 4th 1986 (INES 4)...

  5. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    worldwide... This playlist contains over 150 videos on the topic of Ecosia. This search engine plants trees! Keyword search: Uranium ammunition https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Uranium ammunition BfS - Federal Office for Radiation Protection Radiation effects of depleted uranium Depleted uranium has a slightly lower radiotoxic potential compared to natural uranium. For an assessment of the...

  6. Newsletter III 2023 - January 15-21 - News+ Climate Scam - Exxon knew it all

    is inhaled - radon is one of the most important causes of lung cancer after smoking. According to the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) in Germany, around 5 percent of deaths from lung cancer can be attributed to excessive radon exposure in living spaces. That's around 1.900 deaths per year. However, very few people know about radon, according to a recent...

  7. Newsletter XL 2022 - October 09th to 15th - News+ In the hyperloop of excitement

    Scientists consider this to be dangerously low. In particular, the risk in buildings is not clear enough. This is the result of a study carried out on behalf of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). "Radon is, after smoking, one of the most common causes of lung cancer - from which you can protect yourself well," said BfS President Inge Paulini... * Zaporizhia | Emergency power...

  8. Newsletter XXXVIII 2022 - September 24th to 30th - News+ Fridays for Future calls for a special fund of 100 billion euros for climate protection

    “very worried.” But only 20 percent know what they would have to do in the event of a nuclear accident. These are the central results of a study by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). [...] If necessary, the authorities would distribute the protective pills and provide information on how to take them correctly. According to the Federal Office, 190 million iodine tablets are available for this purpose. Over and beyond...

  9. Newsletter III 2022 - January 15th to 21st - News+ Advancing the energy transition: The mills of the plain

    fairway and does not come out of the valley. For the third year in a row, more old nuclear power plants around the world were shut down than new nuclear power plants were brought online. * EU taxonomy BfS President Paulini warns of nuclear dangers - also from abroad - The objection period for the EU Commission's taxonomy plans ends on Friday. - The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) sees...

  10. Central support group of the federal government

    Since August 1, 2003, the ZUB has been made up of elements from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the Federal Police (BPOL) and the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). The BKA assumes the leadership role within the ZUB. The head of the ZUB is BKA Criminal Director Elmar Lillpop, the office is headed by Chief Detective Morsch. At the BKA...

  11. The uranium story

    radioaktive-strahl.org: http://www.radioaktive-strahl.org/ * Ionizing radiation Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionöse_Strahlung Federal Office for Radiation Protection: https://www.bfs.de/ DE/themen/ion/einfuehrung/einfuehrung.html * Uranium economy Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranwirtschaft * Uranium mining - uranium production Wikipedia:...

  12. 2007 - The KiKK Study - Childhood Cancer Study

    The incidence of cancer in children near German nuclear power plants was examined using other methods. This was followed by exploratory third-party analyzes of DKKR data. This data was used and published by the BfS for its own investigations, primarily for environmental health reporting. The new study consists of two parts: Part 1 is a case-control study...

  13. What is low level radioactive radiation? INWORKS study

    Potential constantly increasing. As a direct result of radioactivity, the affected cells suffer severe dysfunction. They can no longer divide or even die... * BfS - Federal Office for Radiation Protection What is ionizing radiation? Radiation transports energy - starting from a radiation source. The energy is in the form of electromagnetic waves (such as...

  14. The current THTR newsletter No. 146 - December 2015

    - As far as we know, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection is only processing the application for the storage of the 152 castors in the Ahaus interim storage facility." New responsibilities - questions to the BfS should shed light on the darkness. The Jülich Research Center (FZJ) has no longer been in favor of nuclear waste for a few months responsible. A new Jülich disposal company for nuclear plants mbH...

  15. THTR Circular No. 119 January 08

    not examined! Details of the KIKK study, in which the incidence of childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear power plants was examined, were published online by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) on December 10th. Of all things, the thorium high-temperature reactor in Hamm-Uentrop, which not only made a name for itself due to a whole series of breakdowns, but also its operator...

  16. THTR Circular No. 75 August 02

    on. The operator of the Gorleben and Ahaus nuclear waste storage facilities, Gesellschaft für Kernservice mbH (GNS), has admitted this. According to a statement from the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), the responsible licensing authority, the GNS reported errors in previous calculations at the end of April. (...) An important piece of safety evidence simply vanished into thin air overnight. (...)...

  17. THTR Circular No. 83 July 03

    in France and England. But last week German nuclear waste was delivered to the LaHague and Sellafield factories again. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS), which reports to Trittin, had approved the transport of a total of 14 Castor containers with spent fuel - the largest shipment of radioactive scrap this year. The nuclear waste came from the nuclear power plants...

  18. THTR Newsletter No. 99 April / May 05

    to be filled with crushed salt to soften the feared impact of the large chunks. The costs of decommissioning the plant were estimated by the Federal Institute for Radiation Protection (BfS) at four billion DM in 2000 (FAZ dated November 10, 11). Today, in 2000, only three of the 2005 “dismantling sites” have been filled, although 20 more employees have been hired. The Federal Environment Ministry...

  19. THTR Newsletter No. 102 November 05

    to Gorleben from November 19th to 22nd. Info: www.castor.de THTR nuclear waste Top of page In Morsleben: 348 containers are stored here in 200 l barrels from the THTR. In September 2005, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) handed over the plans for the final closure of the final repository to the Ministry of the Environment in Saxony-Anhalt. The public display will probably take place in about a year...

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