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

    die die Sperrzone um das zerstörte Kraftwerk managt. Wie ist die Lage heute? Andrij Tymtschuk: Die gefährlichste Strahlung, die 1986 freigesetzt wurde, ist heute abgebaut, Spaltelemente des Cäsiums haben beispielsweise eine Halbwertszeit von 30 Jahren. Dennoch ist ein Gelände mit einem Radius von 30 Kilometern um das Kraftwerk noch viele hunderte Jahre für den Menschen unbewohnbar. Deshalb...

  2. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    in einem Drei-Jahres-Großprojekt am Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung (Ifeu) in Heidelberg... * 1. Februar 2010 (INES Klass.?) Akw Vermont Yankee, USA Aus dem AKW waren Tritium und Cäsium ausgetreten; diese Lecks und die damit verbundenen Kosten führten schließlich zur Abschaltung der Anlage. (Kosten ca. 821 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Kernkraftwerk_Vermont_Yankee...

  3. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    The 'Green Run' experiment involved the release of a radioactive cloud from the Hanford Site military nuclear complex. Estimates are in the range of several 100 TBq of iodine 131 and even more cesium 133. The proportion of iodine 131 alone was 5500 curies; This corresponds to approximately 250 times the amount that, according to official information, was released in the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg in...

  4. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    the reactor, radioactivity was released. All attempts to extinguish the fire failed. On October 11, 1957, a maximum temperature of 1.300 ° C was reached and a large radioactive cloud containing iodine, cesium, strontium and plutonium spread over the Irish Sea. The reactor was finally cooled with large amounts of water and the fire was extinguished the following day. Comparable...

  5. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    dazu kämen etwa direkte Energiesteuerentlastungen von 2,2 Milliarden. Aufgrund des hohen Energieverbrauchs würden Industriebranchen wie Eisen und Stahl, Chemie und Papier besonders begünstigt... * Cäsium | Fallout | Atombombentest Rätsel der radioaktiven Wildschweine gelöst Warum Wildschweine in Deutschland scheinbar unmöglich hohe Mengen Cäsium-137 in sich tragen Mysteriöse Verseuchung: Viele...

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

    Still contaminated with radioactivity even 37 years after Chernobyl Wild edible mushrooms in southern Germany may still be contaminated with radioactive cesium even 37 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 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,...

  7. 1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Brasilien Strahlungsunfall In der brasilianischen Stadt Goiânia ereignete sich einer der schwersten zivilen Strahlenunfälle aller Zeiten. 1987 führte die Mitnahme eines Strahlentherapiegeräts mit Cäsium-137 aus einer leer stehenden Klinik durch Schrottsammler zur Verstrahlung von 249 Menschen. Vier von ihnen starben kurze Zeit später, mindestens 21 erlitten schwere Strahlenschäden. Die...

  8. 1940 to 1949 - INES, NAMS and other events

    The 'Green Run' experiment involved the release of a radioactive cloud from the Hanford Site military nuclear complex. Estimates are in the range of several 100 TBq of iodine 131 and even more cesium 133. The proportion of iodine 131 alone was 5500 curies; This corresponds to approximately 250 times the amount that, according to official information, was released in the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg in...

  9. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    schrittweise eingestellt wurde. Von 1949 bis 1956 wurden insgesamt 100 PetaBecquerel (Peta = Billiarde) an radioaktivem Abfall in die Zuflüsse der Tetscha geleitet – unter anderem Strontium-90, Cäsium-137, Plutonium und Uran.1 Zum Vergleich: Die radioaktive Belastung des Pazifischen Ozeans durch den Super-GAU von Fukushima schätzt man auf etwa 78 PBq. Zudem kam es in Majak bis 1968 zu mindestens...

  10. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    für den Reaktor Tricastin-2 um weitere zehn Jahre, ebenso am 9. Juni 2015 für Tricastin-3... 2010 1. Februar 2010 (INES ? Klass.?) Akw Vermont Yankee, USA Aus dem AKW waren Tritium und Cäsium ausgetreten; diese Lecks und die damit verbundenen Kosten führten schließlich zur Abschaltung der Anlage. (Kosten ca. 821 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Kernkraftwerk_Vermont_Yankee Im...

  11. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    worst nuclear accident in Japan. 37 workers were contaminated. A week later, in the city of Tsukuba, 60 kilometers away, “drastically increased levels of the radioactive gamma emitter cesium in rainwater” were found. Seiroku Kajiyama (LDP), according to Georg Blume, “the most influential politician” in Japan at the time, said: “‘We have had too much trust in the nuclear industry for over forty years...

  12. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Waste from the Swedish Forsmark NPP leaked radioactive water into the Baltic Sea on June 29, 2005. Ten times the normal level of radioactive cesium was measured in the waters near the power plant. However, according to the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute SSI, this is still within the permissible limits. Corroded metal containers containing radioactive waste were probably to blame for the leak.

  13. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    Waste from the Swedish Forsmark NPP leaked radioactive water into the Baltic Sea on June 29, 2005. Ten times the normal level of radioactive cesium was measured in the waters near the power plant. (Standard message) However, according to the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute SSI, this is still within the permissible limits. Corroded metal containers with...

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

    began to explain to those around them certain methods that can be used to check whether a certain Japanese food comes from regions contaminated with radiation. *Japan Tepco | Cesium in fish Cesium content of fish from near Fukushima 180 times above the limit value The cesium content of a fish from near Fukushima is 180 times above the limit value, according to a report....

  15. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    der Provinz Batanga mit. Ihre Einheiten seien auf der Insel damit beschäftigt, die Umweltschäden durch das Öl einzudämmen, sodass dieses den Artenreichtum nicht weiter gefährde... * Thailand | Cäsium Verschollenes Cäsium-137 in Thailand Spuren von radioaktivem Material in Gießerei gefunden Aus einem Kraftwerk in Thailand verschwand ein Stahlzylinder mit radioaktivem Inhalt. Nun haben Behörden...

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

    could have been avoided in this form. It is due, among other things, to the fact that the dangers posed by the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami were underestimated... *** March 14th Thailand | Cesium | Highly radioactive cylinder with highly radioactive cesium lost in Thailand The search for a tiny cesium container in Australia caused a stir in January. In Thailand there is now a...

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

    because one of the bolts came loose and fell to the ground. It was subsequently discovered that this was not the only case of this kind... * Australia | Radioactive capsule | Cesium 137 After days of searching: Australia: Radioactive capsule found again A radioactive capsule that was lost during transport in Western Australia has been found. Experts had...

  18. Newsletter XLVIII 2022 - December 01st to 07th - News+ The New York Times and the new climate deniers

    The 'Green Run' experiment involved the release of a radioactive cloud from the Hanford Site military nuclear complex. Estimates are in the range of several 100 TBq of iodine 131 and even more cesium 133. The proportion of iodine 131 alone was 5500 curies; This corresponds to approximately 250 times the amount that, according to official information, was released in the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg in...

  19. Newsletter XLIII 2022 - October 28th to 31st - News+ Climate protection: It's not enough

    According to the Environmental Institute and the Federal Nature Conservation Association, mushrooms from southern Bavaria are particularly affected. The popular chestnut boletus in particular is problematic. The reason for this is the long-lasting cesium in the forest floor... * floating photovoltaics | Wind energy | LEAG Germany's largest floating PV project reaches an important milestone The city of Cottbus has committed to the development of a CO2-neutral...

  20. Newsletter XXXIX 2022 - October 01st to 08th - News+ Belgium shows problems with extending the runtimes of nuclear power plants

    the reactor, radioactivity was released. All attempts to extinguish the fire failed. On October 11, 1957, a maximum temperature of 1.300 ° C was reached and a large radioactive cloud containing iodine, cesium, strontium and plutonium spread over the Irish Sea. The reactor was finally cooled with large amounts of water and the fire was extinguished the following day. No one was...

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