1. 1940 to 1949 - INES, NAMS and other events

    A total of 715 tests with 969 individual explosive devices by... Nuclear weapons A - Z Nuclear weapon states There are nine nuclear weapon states but only five are “recognized”. The United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom - the states that also have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council - are named "nuclear weapon states" in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty because they had nuclear weapons before 1957...

  2. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    of the Japanese fishing trawler 'Happy Dragon V' was heavily irradiated. Nuclear weapons A - Z Nuclear weapon states There are nine nuclear weapon states but only five are “recognized”. The United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom - the states that also have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council - are named "nuclear weapon states" in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty because they...

  3. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    The system had to be shut down and repaired. Repairing the reactor took a year. (Cost approximately US$541,4 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Saint-Laurent (France) 1969: Partial core meltdown in reactor A-1 The first accident in reactor A-1 on October 17, 1969 was due to human error and a technical one error caused. When loading four...

  4. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    There was no way to dissipate the decay heat in the reactor core; in the worst case, it could have led to a core meltdown in both blocks... Nuclear power plantsPlag Tricastin_(France) Old reactors on the Rhône from 1980/81 The Tricastin site is due to a long list of breakdowns and accidents, especially in 2008, repeatedly made the headlines. The attachment...

  5. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Areas of the reactor buildings of Units 1 and 2. Parts of the cooling system and emergency cooling as well as other safety devices were also flooded... Nuclear power plantsPlag Blayais (France) Accidents and incidents On December 27, 1999, a serious accident almost occurred at the plant in Gironde -Delta. After a violent storm, the French power grid partially failed...

  6. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Wasserpumpe Pflanzenreste in den Kühlkreislauf geraten, als der Reaktor hochgefahren werden sollte. Dadurch wurde die Leistungsfähigkeit des Systems beeinflusst... AtomkraftwerkePlag Fessenheim (Frankreich) 2. Dezember 2009 (INES 2) Akw Cruas, FRA Vegetation blockierte den Einlass des Kühlsystems, die Anlage musste abgeschaltet und repariert werden. (Kosten ca. 4 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power...

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

    to increase the capacity of its fleet to fight fires in southern European countries. The twelve "Canadair" aircraft will be fully financed by the EU, but will be stationed and owned in Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. [...] However, these new aircraft will not be available until the 2027 forest fire season. This happens to...

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

    to temples and baths. [...] Unlike modern concrete, which often begins to crumble after a few decades, Roman concrete has the ability to last for millennia... * France | Wind turbines | Akw Penly “Dependence on nuclear energy is risky” Renewable energies in France: Fight against wind turbines France has relied on nuclear power for decades, but President...

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

    The Ministry of Health issued a red alert heat warning for several cities. In Greece, the ancient landmark Acropolis in Athens was closed again on Saturday... * France | EDF | Cattenom Problems again in Cattenom: Reactor taken offline again Cattenom / France - A problem with a turbine last Wednesday caused unit 4 of the...

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

    The submunition contained in the submunition does not explode, with these projectiles it is sometimes up to 40 percent... * July 8, 2008 (INES 1 class?) Eurodif, Pierrelatte, FRA Nuclear power plants Plag Tricastin (France) Uranium accident of 2008 On July 8, 2008, the alarm was raised triggered in the area of ​​Tricastin. In a plant for the treatment of uranium solutions on the nuclear power plant site, 30 cubic meters (= 30.000 liters)...

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

    which leads people to abbreviate it with “AfD”. But Merz's statement points to a deeper problem. And that is dangerous. Not just for the CDU, but also for democracy... * France | EDF EPR | Construction time | Penly Nuclear Power Plant EDF begins approval process for two new reactors in Penly EDF has announced that it has received the necessary approvals for the construction of two...

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

    can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de June 24th Senegal | Africa's Renewables | Gas production More renewables for West Africa: Sun for Senegal Germany, France and other industrialized countries are giving the West African country 2,5 billion euros. The goal: the expansion of renewable energies.​ BERLIN taz | The West African state of Senegal should, among other things...

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

    | European Union EU states agree on law for more renewable energy A larger share of EU energy consumption should come from renewable sources in the future. France recently blocked the law and renegotiated it. The EU states have settled the dispute over a planned law to expand renewable energies. The law is intended to ensure a larger share of renewable...

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

    temporarily stopped because a total of 39 kg of plutonium dust was unexpectedly found in the glove boxes... Nuclear power accidents by country#France - Nuclear power plantsPlag Cadarache (France) The Center de Cadarache is located on the so-called Durance fault, a geological fracture zone , where strong to devastating earthquakes occur every 100 years...

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

    Europe, is progressing with Chinese involvement, exclusive satellite images show. But it is already a reminder of escalating costs. And there is a huge clash between the Chinese, France's energy company EDF and the British. Further nuclear power projects have already been canceled. Economy from above is a cooperation with LiveEO. [...] EDF also had to cover the costs of the project...

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

    of art... * Photovoltaics | Solar production Lorraine instead of China Giga race to the sun Europe is finally trying to catch up again in solar production. Gigafactories are to be built in France, Italy and Germany. Investors also point to the good funding conditions in the USA. Until a good ten years ago, European companies dominated the global market for...

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

    Space. They are very sensitive when the groundwater level goes down. And we have seen since 2018 that these bodies of water are becoming smaller or have already dried up in some cases... * France | Hydrogen Green | Farben France delays adoption of EU renewable energy law The formal adoption of the EU Renewable Energy Directive has been postponed after...

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

    Accidents.pdf Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernkraftwerk_Civaux Nuclear power accidents by country#France Atom power plantsPlag https://atomkrafteplag.fandom.com/de/wiki/Civaux_(France) May 11th CDU CSU | Fearmongers | fossil heating | Heating law campaign against heating replacement The Union's fear-mongering is shabby The CDU is collecting signatures against the...

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

    harm the climate and also violate Germany's international obligations. Part 2 of the LNG series. In the last ten years, it was primarily banks from Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, France and the USA itself that financed the construction of LNG export terminals in the USA. But now Germany is becoming an increasingly important player. Since the beginning, German banks have...

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

    not. “It's not like the world is going to end tomorrow. If we set the right course in the next ten years, we will be on the right track,” he added... * France | Framatomes | Rosatom debate about Russian uranium "France indirectly promotes Russia's strategy" Uranium from Russia is not yet part of the EU sanctions package. Germany would like to change that...