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    The THTR newsletter Newsletter the nuclear industry. Some of the events were never made public through official channels, so this information...

  2. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    | EPR | Emirate | Akw Sizewell C Atomenergie: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate wollen in europäische Kraftwerke investieren Der Bau neuer Atommeiler ist teuer. Die VAE werden deshalb als mögliche Investoren umgarnt, wie Großbritannien vormacht. Das Beispiel des AKW Sizewell C. Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate (VAE) beabsichtigen, in den europäischen Energiesektor einzusteigen. Einem Bericht von...

  3. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    capture. [...] As TechCrunch reports, Bill Gates' company Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Shield Capital, which specializes in defense technology, have invested. According to the report, the investors also include Booz Allen Ventures, which is part of the military group, the investment company Cubit Capital and the US hedge fund manager Bill Perkins. With the recent...

  4. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    Newsletter VIII 2024 February 18th to 24th *** 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...

  5. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    can only be put into operation in the second quarter of 2024, i.e. between April 1st and June 30th. The operation was originally scheduled for March 30th. In a note to investors, Georgia Power said the shaking was "similar in nature" to the shaking that occurred during start-up testing for Unit 3, which came online last year....

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

    went into operation until 1986... January 31st Funding | Photovoltaics | Tender for solar boom Bidding record in state photovoltaic tender Solar energy is apparently attractive to many investors: According to the Federal Network Agency, more bids were received in the most recent round of tenders than ever before. This also has an impact on feed-in tariffs. [...] At the recent...

  7. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    The beleaguered energy company “Électricité de France” (EDF) is now so heavily indebted that it had to be completely renationalized last June because private investors no longer wanted to pour money into the bottomless pit. The fairy tale of cheap nuclear power as such was clearly exposed. The cost of the buyback actually...

  8. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    of the Supreme Court Aharon Barak as additional judge... * Subsidies | farmers | Agricultural industry Agricultural subsidies: Who really benefits? In the East, investors from outside the industry are buying large areas of land. Smaller businesses suffer. Why the distribution of area bonuses is unfair. The reduction in the tax rebate for agricultural diesel should only take effect from March and then...

  9. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    near Brno... January 4th Fossils | Winnings | Dividend Fossil Energy Climate Destruction – and Lavish Profits The new year is also a new year of distributions for shareholders. Investors in the five major oil companies can look forward to an incredible $100 billion. The money would go to the victims of the climate crisis. At the UN climate conference a few weeks ago, almost 200 countries called...

  10. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    strengthen German manufacturers of solar panels in competition. [...] “In addition to China, the USA is also trying to attract solar factory investors to their countries with the Inflation Reduction Act and India with high subsidies,” says Körnig when asked. The production costs for solar cells and modules produced in Germany are due to the still small production volumes...

  11. 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”

    back. Oil companies are finding it increasingly difficult to raise finance amid rising ESG and sustainability concerns, while banks are under pressure from their own investors to reduce or stop financing fossil fuels... * Gaza, three Israeli hostages shot dead by Israeli soldiers Hostages carried white flag Despite a...

  12. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Guest post. [...] Amy Goodman: Why do you think the United States is promoting nuclear power now? Vladimir Slivjak: It's about money for the Western nuclear industry. Investors have long stopped investing their money in nuclear power plants because they are risky, always exceed financing budgets and take a long time to build. That was quite an economical thing in the past...

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

    The companies examined partly used nuclear power, electricity from large hydroelectric power plants, wood burning or waste incineration. Plea for a public energy supply Companies also find it difficult to be green investors, according to the study. The investment costs are often largely covered by government funding and subsidies, while the subsequent profits are not...

  14. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    to harvest CO2 credits in the forests. African forests absorb 600 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than any other forest region in the world. Potential that investors want to monetize in the form of carbon credits. At the forefront is a company called Blue Carbon, which wants to harvest CO2 credits on a large scale in Africa. If the owner's plans...

  15. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    Newsletter XLII 2023 October 15th to 21st *** 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...

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

    Newsletter XXXV 2023 August 27th to September 2nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 News+ background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civilian and military Nuclear industry. Some of this information only reached the...

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

    of the sought-after metals. Given the current demand, expensive exploitation would also be worthwhile. STOCKHOLM taz | It is intended to break China's monopoly position and at the same time create dazzling prospects for investors - this is what the Australian mining company Tanbreez says about its new mining project: It wants to mine rare earths. And this in Greenland, where the project awakens hope...

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

    To influence politics and legislation... July 27th Energy transition | lawsuits | Arbitration tribunals | Federal Court of Justice BGH declares private arbitration proceedings inadmissible. Disputes between investors and states within the European Union must necessarily be settled in state courts. This is an important signal for the energy transition. In the end, no one was surprised anymore...

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

    Newsletter XXVIII 2023 July 9th to 15th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: July 5, 2000 (INES ? Class?) Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, DEU July 8, 2008 (INES 1...

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

    The hydrogen lie: How the fossil industry wants to rip you off This is how you are supposed to be tricked into giving the gas industry its farewell. This is the great fear of the world's largest investors in fossil fuels like KKR (who, by the way, own large parts of the publishing house of " BILD” and “WELT” include): Over 1 trillion euros (yes, a thousand billion) of their possessions will soon be worthless. Possession like...

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