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designated. However, this ignores the fact that it consists mainly of methane. Methane is many times more harmful to the climate than CO2. Methane often escapes into the air during the processing of liquid gas or when there are leaks in pipelines. May 5th Climate Harmful | Subsidies | diesel | CO2 price study on climate-damaging subsidies: Carbon dioxide emissions are rewarded According to...
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(free version) The Mayak/Kyshtym Nuclear Chain, Russia Nuclear Factory The Russian nuclear industrial plant in Mayak contaminated more than 15.000 km2 with highly radioactive waste products through a series of accidents and radioactive leaks. The Kyshtym accident contaminated a large area of the eastern Ural region in 1957. Thousands of people had to be relocated. To this day, the...
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Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany
Accidents Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Browns Ferry (USA) Major Fire 1975 A highly dangerous situation developed on March 22, 1975. A worker was looking for leaks with a candle (!) in order to seal them and in the process ignited polyurethane foam. The foam had already been recognized as dangerous and banned in 1963, which was ignored by the team. The...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
This is proven by a new study that has just been published in the journal Nature. When analyzing six production regions in the USA, it became clear that methane is usually released negligently through leaks in the plants. But also through so-called venting, in which natural gas is intentionally let out. The USA produces the most oil and natural gas in the world. 80 times more harmful than CO2...
Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good
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Newsletter VI 2024 February 4th to 10th *** 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 made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...
at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) in Heidelberg... * February 1, 2010 (INES Klass.?) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, USA Tritium and cesium had leaked from the nuclear power plant; These leaks and the associated costs ultimately led to the plant being shut down. (Cost approx. 821 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Nuclear Power Plant_Vermont_Yankee In February 2010, traces of...
Lake Ontario. The operator and regulator described the risks as “negligible”. In January 2012, according to the Sierra Club, contaminated water leaked from the "broken" reactor 4... News+ Background knowledge Top of page News+ ** Media | Propaganda | populism | WiP The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the...
initially to around 235.000 becquerels. The operator of the plant later estimated that a maximum of 2,3 microcuries of radioactivity escaped. CSN announced that it would change the classification of the leak from Level 1 to Level 2 because "the control of the radioactive material was inadequate and incomplete and deficient information was submitted to the control authority." An investigation was carried out...
Newsletter XLIV 2023 October 29th to November 4th *** 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...
Newsletter XLIII 2023 October 22nd to 28th *** 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 XLI 2023 October 8th to 14th... *** 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...
A routine inspection revealed damage to the system for treating radioactive wastewater. According to a statement from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, two leaks were found in a pipeline at the end of September, resulting in acidic radioactive liquid escaping. However, the contamination caused was low, it said. There was no danger to people and...
Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread
Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 September 17th to 23rd *** 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 list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military Nuclear industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...
Oil pollution caused by humans Petroleum is a major problem for the sensitive ecosystems in the oceans. Researchers previously assumed that many oil spills were caused by natural leaks in the seabed. A study now shows that this is not the case. Tallahassee. According to a study, oil spills floating on the seas are largely caused by humans...
Newsletter XXXIII 2023 August 13th to 19th *** 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 list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...
Lake Ontario. The operator and regulator described the risks as “negligible”. In January 2012, contaminated water leaked from the "broken" reactor 4, according to the Sierra Club... August 1 France | Orange | Uranium deposits Niger coup: According to the nuclear power company, uranium deliveries are not at risk France's supply of uranium, an important raw material for...
1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events
Leak in a short, non-isolable section of ECCS (Emergency Core Cooling System) piping. The leak rate was on the order of 1.300 liters per hour. The cause of the leak was a crack that ran through the wall of the pipe, 9 cm long on the inside and 4,5 cm on the outside. The risk of a burst pipe in the emergency cooling system is significant if...
