1. Fort St. Vrain, the original HTR didn't work either

    of the PBMR, Peach Bottom-1 and Fort St. Vrain. But there can be no question of that. On February 16, 2010, US President Obama announced that after a long time he would again provide government loans for nuclear power plants and that he would step up his involvement in nuclear research. The USA has been a member of the "Generation IV International Forum" (GIF) for many years and is one of the...

  2. THTR Circular No. 130 March 2010

    Poverty reduction, employment, local ownership or value creation. Instead, South Africa experienced massive deinstrialization" (2). Bankrupt reactor in a bankrupt state Loan guarantees are the most popular form of cost limitation for nuclear power plant operators. ESKOM's credit rating was rated lower on a certain scale in August 2008 (3). The...

  3. THTR Newsletter No. 120 March 08

    Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany in the development of high-temperature reactors (HTR) intended to approve a commitment credit of 1986 million Swiss francs limited to the years 1988-15 for contributions to the research and development work of the Swiss industrial partners in the planning phase of the 'HTR' project -500 MW' was approved by the National Council on December 19, 12 with a vote of 85:80...

  4. THTR Newsletter No. 113 May 07

    that can be used for military purposes. The Federal Republic of Germany also helped with the financing: “The federal government helped with the conclusion as much as possible, including with a 100 million DM loan on particularly favorable terms and another loan through the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau.” (12) Atucha II: The never-ending story Now we finally come to the reactor, which with the help...

  5. THTR Circular No. 84 August 03

    July, September 7th, 18th and 19th, October 13th and 28th and November 9th 1987) The importance of ESKOM for the apartheid system Top of page Gottfried Wellmer, South Africa specialist and author of the book "Loans to ESKOM - An example of Collaboration with the apartheid regime" dealt with the state-owned company in more detail in its summary completed in 2002. The one at the beginning with (X)...

  6. THTR Circular No. 88 February 04

    14 coal-fired power plants and two nuclear power plant blocks in Koeberg near Cape Town. "The Deutsche, the Dresdner, the Commerz-, the Westdeutsche Landes- and the Bayrische Vereinsbank gave 30 - 70% of their loans to ESKOM." The vast majority of the electricity went to coal and gold mining and not to the black population. As part of a cultural exchange (!) there were many mutual visits...

  7. THTR Newsletter No. 99 April / May 05

    special political and financial problems. Nevertheless, the Nuclear Department of Hacettepe University has been primarily interested in the HTGR since that time. (...) It is very difficult to obtain large loans for large nuclear power plants. That is why smaller nuclear power plants have become more important in recent years. With low capital costs, short construction times and small HTGRs...

  8. THTR Circular No. 100 July 05

    14 coal-fired power plants and two nuclear power plant blocks in Koeberg near Cape Town. "The Deutsche, the Dresdner, the Commerz-, the Westdeutsche Landes- and the Bayrische Vereinsbank gave 30 - 70% of their loans to ESKOM." The vast majority of the electricity went to coal and gold mining and not to the black population. As part of a cultural exchange (!) there were many mutual visits...

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