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beladen wollen, bekam den Vorgang aber noch nicht genehmigt. Die ASN (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire) beraumte vor einer endgültigen Entscheidung aber noch eine öffentliche Konsultation zu ihrer Genehmigung für die Inbetriebnahme des Reaktors an. Diese lief bis Mitte April und veranlasste die ASN dazu, die Genehmigung über den Tausch des Reaktordeckels hinaus mit weiteren technischen Auflagen zu...
two years passed. Many solar and wind projects can only dream of this - especially in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Across Germany there are around 30 so-called failure to act lawsuits due to delayed approvals for the construction of wind turbines. The Northeast stands out with 19 lawsuits. “New wind farms are not only met with sympathy, especially in West Mecklenburg,” says Thomas Banning in...
making sufficient progress on measures to secure radioactive waste through a process known as sealing, thereby breaching the terms of its environmental permit. Martin Walkingshaw, Chief Operating Officer of the NWS, said: “The placement of the technical cap over the old radioactive waste repositories at the UK LLWR is a first...
Blockade. Citizens from all political camps want to use solar energy much more after previous governments made it difficult for them to do so. If obstacles such as long approval procedures are removed, there will be a big boost and the energy transition will accelerate. This will soon be seen on roofs, over supermarket parking lots and in many other places...
Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty
and we brought the waste there," says Maik Stuke, head of the research group. The interim storage of highly radioactive waste in Germany is limited to 40 years; the permit for the Gundremmingen interim storage facility expires in 2046 and would therefore have to be extended in advance. * NATO |. Armament expenditure |. War-ready “Turning of the era” and war-readiness NATO...
Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out
| Small Modular Reactor | Safety mini-reactors: US government relies on nuclear power for data centers In order to promote compact reactors, the US Secretary of Energy wants to reduce the approval hurdles and thus the costs. [...] The US government wants to support the development of the SMRs as much as possible, as Granholm emphasizes. She currently sees two major difficulties in setting up the...
The English Channel coast will not be loaded with fuel this month as planned. The French nuclear regulator ASN has scheduled a public consultation on its approval for the commissioning of the reactor on Wednesday before making its final decision. This should run until April 17th, according to an ASN announcement. Operator EDF has so far assumed...
Proof that they would withstand a terrorist attack that cannot be ruled out. The largest interim storage facility in terms of radioactive content is the nuclear waste depot in Gundremmingen. It has an authorization for 240 trillion becquerels. That's 240.000.000.000.000.000.000 radioactive nuclear decays per second. Plutonium. There are several hundred kilograms of plutonium stored in Gundremmingen alone. Plutonium...
Through upstream emissions, natural gas exports are ruining the USA's climate footprint. American President Joe Biden recently recognized this. At the end of January 2024, he put all new permits for LNG terminals in the USA on hold. Projects that are already active can continue to be operated. These include the Cameron LNG terminal, secured by, among others, Allianz and subsidiaries of...
must be excluded," explained Minister Christian Meyer from the Greens. "The report confirms our view that questions of internal and external security are the subject of the approval process - and not just questions of fire protection and building security." * Israel | Weapons deliveries | Hypocrisy | Exodus weapons for Israel offensive: who delivers what, which...
Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?
decided to renew the approval of the controversial weed killer glyphosate. The organizations applied to the EU Commission on Wednesday evening to revoke the glyphosate approval, as the Aurelia Foundation announced. They then want to sue the EU court in Luxembourg against the renewal of the approval. The EU Commission decided in mid-December that...
Successful against oil approval In the year-long dispute between climate protectors and the oil nation Norway, the environmental protection organizations were able to claim a victory. According to the ruling, the permits for three oil and gas fields in the North Sea are invalid. Climate activists have successfully sued in Norway against the approval of three oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The Oslo District Court...
to be included in the safety considerations. At the same time, they call for expanded citizen participation. The responsible authorities are currently preparing to obtain the necessary new permits for the interim storage facilities in Gorleben and Ahaus. The Bundestag will also have to take a position on this, as required by the Atomic Energy Act. In addition, new permits are available for the camps in...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
It is not protected against plane crashes, for example. In addition, unlike Jülich, there is no 'hot cell' in which defective Castor containers could be repaired. In addition, the permit for the Ahaus interim storage facility expires in 2036 - and the first Jülich Castor containers will reach the end of their 2032-year lifespan as early as 40. This means: Anyone who sends nuclear waste to Ahaus today...
Joe Biden. The missiles are manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries under license from Lockheed Martin and RTX. The government is also considering authorizing the export of 155-millimeter artillery shells produced under license from BAE Systems to Great Britain, according to the Financial Times. There is a current shortage of these bullets in Ukraine... * Ukraine |...
Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy
included in the list of “strategic” technologies for the NZIA – despite opposition from Germany, Austria and Luxembourg. As a result, nuclear power will benefit from streamlined licensing procedures. A single point of contact in every EU country and the complete digitalization of procedures should ensure that approvals are issued within nine to twelve months...
Newsletter XLVII 2023 November 19th to 25th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...
Newsletter XLVI 2023 November 12th to 18th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...
Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?
Cameco Corporation and Brookfield's strategic partnership was announced in October last year, and Cameco announced receipt of the final required regulatory approval on November 3. The completion of the acquisition means that Cameco now holds a 49% stake and Brookfield owns a 51% stake in Westinghouse... Translated with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free...
be operated for more than 60 years. Sendai 1 and 2 - both 890 MWe pressurized water reactors - will reach 3 years of operation on July 2024, 27 and November 2025, 40, respectively. [...] With the approval of the NRA, Sendai 1 can now continue to operate until July 2044 and Sendai 2 until November 2045. [...] There are now a total of six Japanese reactors that are capable of operating for more than 40 years...
