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

    im Norden - mit einer vergleichsweise hohen Produktion erneuerbarer Energien - sehen sich aktuell benachteiligt, weil sie durch den notwendigen Netzausbau höhere Kosten als im Süden Deutschlands zahlen. "Ich treffe keinen Energieminister in den Bundesländern, der dieses historisch gewachsene System noch gutheißt", sagte Müller. Schließlich seien auch Regionen in Süddeutschland betroffen, in...

  2. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    In the USA, the most famous case is the 'father of the atomic bomb' Robert Oppenheimer. In the USSR, the 'Father of the Tsar Bomb' and later Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov and others. Here in Germany it is: Dr. Klaus Traube. These people worked in nuclear research and knew the problems firsthand. An Omertà culture has emerged around the international nuclear business...

  3. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    to vote this winter to begin negotiations on a UN tax convention to avert these astronomical losses... August 4 Fossile | Subsidies | Emissions trading Germany spends 70 billion euros in taxpayers' money every year to promote fossil fuels instead of renewable energies. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), subsidies for fossil fuels...

  4. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Greifswald/Lubmin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) "It was like a miracle," said a safety engineer employed at the time, that "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not radioactively contaminated." A cable network caught fire due to an operating error. All protective systems failed: the emergency power supply, the...

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

    Überschreitung der 1,5-Grad-Marke bei der Erderwärmung für kaum noch aufhaltbar. Politisch sei dies angesichts der Weltlage praktisch nicht mehr zu schaffen, sagte er im Interview der Woche des Deutschlandfunks. Rahmstorf ist Ozeanograph am Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung. Er betonte, rein physikalisch sei es noch möglich, unter dem Wert von 1,5 Grad zu bleiben. Nur habe bei den...

  6. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    City of Tangerhütte in Saxony-Anhalt. Apart from the African port city, the municipality in the Altmark is the only place in the world that has that name. And for several years now, Lüderitz (Germany) and Lüderitz (Namibia) have been linked by a municipal partnership... * EU Commission | Decarbonization | Hydrogen economy | Steel production Green Steel: EU Commission approves largest German...

  7. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    July 15th Heat wave worldwide, extreme temperatures +++ Worldwide heat wave +++: The earth is glowing High temperatures everywhere are forcing people and governments to act. In Germany, statutory health insurance doctors are calling for air conditioning in old people's homes. The temperatures have reached around 35 degrees in Berlin so far on Saturday - and could even rise a little during the day. From the evening the wind picks up...

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

    of cluster munitions The US government's plan to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine is causing concern and criticism. Internationally, its use is banned by more than 100 countries - including Germany. But the federal government only reacts cautiously. The US's planned delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine has sparked widespread international criticism. That night he said...

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

    1. Juli Demokratie | Realität | Populisten Die Wutbürger-Republik oder: Alle spielen für die AfD SPD 18, AfD 18: Als Anfang Juni die Prozentzahlen des jüngsten ARD-Deutschlandtrends publik wurden, war der Aufschrei gewaltig. Und tatsächlich muss es aufhorchen lassen, wenn die Kanzlerpartei, die soeben ihren 160. Geburtstag gefeiert hat, gleichauf liegt mit einer rechten Truppe, die vor gerade...

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

    Wer helfen kann, sende bitte eine Nachricht an: nukleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de 24. Juni Senegal | Afrikas Erneuerbare | Gasförderung Mehr Erneuerbare für Westafrika: Sonne für Senegal Deutschland, Frankreich und andere Industrieländer geben dem westafrikanischen Land 2,5 Milliarden Euro. Das Ziel: der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien. ​ BERLIN taz | Der westafrikanische Staat Senegal soll unter...

  11. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    und Dürre. In Europa kennen ihn die wenigsten, obwohl Trockenheit und Wüsten auch bei uns längst Realität sind. So regenreich wie dieses Frühjahr war es zuletzt 2005. Besonders in Süd- und Westdeutschland dürften sich Leute gefragt haben, wo denn der Sommer und das Badewetter bleiben. Ganz anders im Nordosten. Da war es bereits im März und April überdurchschnittlich trocken, und der Regen bleibt...

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

    not that one. Because waste heat is usually produced far away from residential areas, explains the head of Orcan Energy in ntv's "climate laboratory". Another problem: the waste heat supply in Germany is much larger than the annual heat requirement. Sichert therefore advocates a different approach. Waste heat giants such as glassworks or cement works can use their waste heat on site to produce their own...

  13. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    which are becoming increasingly important in a post-fossil world: lots of sun and lots of wind. This can be used to produce hydrogen cheaply, which can be converted into ammonia and exported to Europe and Germany. And that's exactly what the course has now been set for. [...] We are laying the foundation for a fair energy transition in Namibia and serving as a blueprint for other countries in the...

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

    In May 1953, the USA tested atomic artillery for the first time under the name Operation Upshot-Knothol. 70 years ago, nuclear fission was still considered a beacon of hope. The then Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer, declared at a press conference on April 5, 1957 that tactical nuclear weapons were “nothing more than the further development of artillery.” It seemed to me later than the...

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

    It consists of graphite, a special structure made of carbon... * Climate change | Groundwater | Lakes Water loss in lakes Researcher warns of extreme consequences for biodiversity Many lakes in Germany are also suffering from drought and climate change. This is not a danger to the drinking water supply, says hydrobiologist Rinke in an interview. The shortage could still affect the ecosystem...

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

    ab 2026 tabu, doch der größte deutsche Heizungsbauer Thermondo stellt den Vertrieb schon jetzt ein. Es gibt Alternativen. Spätestens ab dem Jahr 2026 ist der Einbau von neuen Ölheizungen in Deutschland verboten. Im Umkehrschluss bedeutet dies aber auch: Bis zum Ende des Jahres 2025 dürfen durch Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher Ölheizungen weiterhin eingebaut und in Betrieb genommen werden. Das...

  17. Newsletter XVIII 2023 - April 30 to May 6 - News+ Everything green? Energy Colonialism through Hydrogen Cooperation

    A new report from environmental organizations shows that growing gas exports from the USA are being co-financed. Fossil investments are damaging the climate and also violating Germany's international obligations. Part 2 of the LNG series. In the last ten years, it has been primarily banks from Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, France and the USA itself that have supported the construction of LNG export terminals in the USA...

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

    Older types of heating only very few. Our columnist believes that such unpopular measures also make sense. In light of the current situation, here is a list of a few bans, some of which were implemented by politicians in Germany after heated discussions: Since 1957, it has not been allowed to drive faster than 50 km/h in built-up areas. In 1972...

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

    for electromobility. But the raw materials for the batteries are scarce: the indispensable lithium in particular is in demand worldwide and is becoming increasingly valuable. There are also lithium deposits in Germany, but whether exploitation is worthwhile is still being tested in pilot projects... * Evolution | Innovation Engine of Evolution How our genome made us human It is a mystery of...

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

    Mycle Schneider. Allerdings folgten Regierungen und Volksvertreter in vielen EU-Ländern einem irrationalen Atommythos und einflussreichen Lobbyisten. Klimareporter°: Herr Schneider, Deutschland als größte Volkswirtschaft der EU steigt endgültig aus der Atomkraft aus. Nachbarländer hingegen wollen neue Reaktoren bauen: Frankreich, die Niederlande, Tschechien, Polen, ebenso eine Reihe anderer...