1. THTR newsletters from 2009

    * THTR Rundbrief Nr. 127, Juli 2009 Der Werhahn knurrt. Die heilige Familie und der THTR im Rheinischen Kapitalismus. Wie der Adenauer-Schwiegersohn und Patriarch des Werhahn-Klans mit seiner Macht und Beziehungen den THTR doch noch zum Endsieg verhelfen will. THTR-Einschluss: Sicher viel Geld. Ob die jährlich 5,6 Millionen Euro Stilllegungskosten die nächsten Jahrzehnte wieder der Steuerzahler...

  2. THTR Newsletter No. 124 December 2008

    THTR Rundbrief Nr. 124 Dez. 2008 Castorstop in Gorleben: Wer nicht da war, hat viel verpasst! Von Hamm aus fuhren wir um 6 Uhr morgens mit dem Auto nach Münster, wo zwei Busse aus Ahaus Station machten und uns aufnahmen. Jetzt waren wir 120 Leute, die erwartungsfroh die Anfahrt im Doppeldeckerbus genossen. Je näher wir ans Wendland kamen, desto einsamer wurde die Gegend. Alle fünf oder zehn...

  3. THTR Newsletter No. 123 October 08

    and Community Health, confirmed that the study was carried out correctly, but also commented critically on the conclusions in the study discussion. Hoffmann made it clear: "A causal involvement of radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants cannot definitely be ruled out on the basis of these study results." Professors Greiser and Hoffmann...

  4. THTR Circular No. 122 August 2008

    in Berlin We had to think about something in order to achieve the greatest possible effect with little effort. Because in Berlin there are dozens of demonstrations every day or people are drawing attention to something. Federal Environment Minister Gabriel's press spokesman was quickly identified as a possible contact: Michael Schroeren was editor of the pacifist monthly newspaper 33 years ago (!)...

  5. THTR Newsletter No. 121 May 08

    could happen in the next decades and centuries. For example, if it gets damp (like in Ahaus), the enveloping material gets tired or an added acid becomes too caustic. - Who does something like that?? The whole mess has a name: THTR. And those responsible are called RWE and HKG. But now they have instructed their assistants at the University and Research Center Jülich to...

  6. Newspaper clippings (2013)

    possible source of atomic bombs? Tagesspiegel from July 11.07.2013, XNUMX Failed in Germany, rebuilt in China The high-temperature reactor was supposed to be safer than conventional nuclear power plants, but in Germany it only caused problems. Then South Africa tried it and gave up too. Now China wants to build a pebble bed reactor. By Reimar Paul We are looking for current information. Who...

  7. Newspaper clippings (2008)

    will be in operation for around 40 years and are highly effective in hindering the expansion of renewable energies in this region during this period. This makes climate protection impossible. That's exactly what RWE wants, because this company wants to earn a lot of money in the simplest possible way and not share anything with smaller and medium-sized companies in the alternative sector. This attitude...

  8. THTR Newsletter No. 120 March 08

    Currently, a preliminary project for an HTR thermal power plant is being carried out in a cooperation between the BBC and Sulzer." (5) But serious technical and financial problems and the resistance to the THTR Hamm thwarted the nuclear friends' plans, which also had an impact on Switzerland: “According to the Federal Transport and Energy Industry, the 'HTR-500' project is...

  9. THTR newsletters from 2008

    IV is thus called into question. The big sell-off: Florian Opitz's documentary shows, using the example of South Africa, among other things, that privatization and nuclear power plants make electricity very expensive. Dear readers: media coverage, Hamm coal-fired power plants, etc... * THTR newsletter No. 122, August 2008 4.000 signatures for THTR cancer study. The events of the last few weeks: assessment of...

  10. THTR Circular No. 119 January 08

    put online by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). Of all things, the thorium high-temperature reactor in Hamm-Uentrop, which not only made a name for itself due to a whole series of breakdowns, but whose operators also tried to cover up a serious accident during the Chernobyl disaster in 1986; Of all things, this reactor is not included in this study...

  11. THTR Newsletter No. 118 December 2007

    In the past, the rampant violence in the host country of the 2010 World Cup has not stopped at facilities with the highest security level such as embassies or airports.” The General Swiss military magazine ASMZ wrote on November 10.11th. 2007: “Opposition politicians criticized the incident as a serious threat to the country's security. ,If...

  12. THTR Newsletter No. 116 September 07

    the best lecture takes place. In plain language: Here the nuclear industry is recruiting willing nuclear scientists and the Helmholz Association, as a higher-level nationwide research institution, is willingly taking part in this deliberate sabotage of the “exit”. But let's let the extremely enthusiastic "security researchers" have their say: "The junior nuclear engineers reported...

  13. The history of the citizens' initiative in Hamm and its posters

    from interested people to the BI could not, however, hide the fact that we were still in a minority position in Hamm. We have repeatedly had the experience that we were most likely to mobilize undecided citizens when there were pro and con discussants present at events. After the VEW took part in the rural youth panel discussion...

  14. Entangled in the network of European uranium transports

    There are thousands of containers containing uranium hexafluoride. They rust when exposed to strong temperature changes. It's hot here in summer. In winter, everything freezes below 40 degrees. Rain, snow, it all destroys these containers. Cracks form. And then you try to weld these cracks. (...) Uranium hexafluoride poses a serious danger. But the topic is avoided. In our...

  15. THTR Circular No. 115 August 07

    In 2006 it was observed several times that the train carrying uranium hexafluoride made an unguarded stopover for many hours at night, exactly (!) at the height of the fire department, fire engine west, at Rathenauer Straße 16. The distance between the building and the dangerous goods was around 200 to 250 meters. The fire brigade base with the vital disaster protection equipment was located in that...

  16. THTR Circular No. 114 June 07

    Networking the anti-nuclear resistance) is not easy to build and often fails due to language difficulties and distance problems. However, a look at the activities of the nuclear industry makes the need for international anti-nuclear cooperation clear. The globalization efforts of the German and Western European nuclear industry will be outlined using four examples:...

  17. THTR Newsletter No. 113 May 07

    in his book “The Atomic State” the Jewish physicist Grünbaum: “You must have said to yourself at an early stage that a key industry was emerging here that would one day surpass all others in terms of power and influence.” (9) Something like this attracts Nazis, The military and large German corporations magically attract people. “This technology – originating in Germany with military...

  18. THTR Circular No. 112 April 07

    Management functions in the nuclear research centers Jülich and Karlsruhe. The connections to Argentina were maintained over the next decades. Likewise to the neighboring competing regional power Brazil – which was also a military dictatorship at the time. Argentina and Brazil signed an international agreement in 2005 to develop the so-called fourth reactor line, which also includes...

  19. THTR Newsletter No. 111 March 07

    Egmont R. Koch, who with his book "Nuclear Weapons for Al Qaeda" and various television programs drew attention to the help of unscrupulous European companies in the secret construction of the atomic bomb. The focus is on URENCO's uranium enrichment plants and the Pakistani scientist Abdul Quadeer Khan, who has been acquiring knowledge of...

  20. THTR Circular No. 110 January 07

    available. And since many sides make money from a nuclear power plant, the company EHR joins in. Even if Germany is supposed to be phasing out nuclear power, it doesn't matter to the multinational corporations. The EHR employee newspaper refers to old relationships with South Africa: "It's not a jump into the deep end for the EHR, says Chief...