1. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Version) 24. Mai 1958 (INES Klass.?) Akw Chalk River, Ontario, CAN Ein Brennstab fing Feuer und verseuchte die Hälfte der Anlage. (Kosten ca. 78 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Die Macht der Atomlobby. So wie damals keine INES-Einstufung erfolgte, wird bis heute dieser Störfall in der deutschen Wikipedia einfach nicht erwähnt. Wikipedia en...

  2. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    das Bedienpersonal die Schaltwarte zeitweilig verlassen musste und nur für eine kurze Zeit diese zwischenzeitlich wieder betreten konnte, um einige Schaltungen durchzuführen. In den ersten Stunden machte man sich aus Sorge vor Konsequenzen daran, die nahegelegene Arbeiterstadt Saretschny zu evakuieren. Man versuchte bereits, in der Oblast Swerdlowsk viele Busse und Züge für die Evakuierung zu...

  3. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Power" made clear in interviews the devastating effects of the Tarapur nuclear power plant on the people who have been protesting against the plant since 1999 and the ruthless actions of the Indian state power. The police drove them out of their villages and demolished their houses with bulldozers. Due to the hot cooling water the fish on the coast and thus the livelihood of the...

  4. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    6. März 2006 (INES 2) Atomfabrik NFS, USA In einer Anlage der Firma Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin liefen 35 Liter hochangereichertes Uran aus, was eine siebenmonatige Abschaltung erforderlich machte. (Kosten ca. 115 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia en Nuclear_Fuel_Services Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) ist ein amerikanisches Nuklearunternehmen. Die Firma ist neben BWX Technologies...

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

    the so-called indirect emissions. However, the gas lobby, which is part of the “Future Gas” association, presents fossil fuels as a clean solution. It uses its economic power - also expanded by profits made from Russian gas deals - to influence politics and legislation... July 27th Energy Transition | lawsuits | Arbitration tribunals |...

  6. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    and support each other. Hope has been at home in Lüderitz, Namibia, for decades. First the large port should bring the boom, then an airport and tourism. Now the construction of one of the world's largest green hydrogen production facilities is making headlines. A consortium called Hyphen with German participation wants to...

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

    Breakdown in this reactor within a few weeks. A month ago, Block 4 had to be taken off the grid and was reconnected a few days later. Block 2 also causes problems. A good week ago on Sunday, Unit 2 in Cattenom was actually supposed to be started up again. According to EDF, when testing a pump, employees discovered that...

  8. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    the ex-transport minister. Well at least that. But that shouldn't be the end of the story. The question arises as to whether politicians can at least be held liable for gross negligence. And this is very obvious in the case of the “foreigner toll”. Finally, it later emerged that even the potential operating companies had offered before the contract was signed in 2018, but...

  9. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    in which the CDU and the Greens work together are not well received. The Hessian Prime Minister Boris Rhein, for example, would like to continue his alliance with the Greens after the election in October. Merz doesn't make it any easier. Even with regard to the federal government, its admission does not make sense. The CDU wants to return to power, and an alliance with the Greens is an important option. Otherwise only one remains...

  10. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    has. The reason given was that this incited “sabotage and damage to property, including through acts of violence.” The movement was guilty “under the guise of defending the environment.” At issue is, for example, an action in which activists sabotaged the facilities of a cement manufacturer. The legal basis for the ban is the...

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

    | communal heat | Building Energy Act The nerds in the southwest Numerous cities in Baden-Württemberg have long since completed their municipal heat planning - and show what constitutes clever concepts. It was a difficult compromise: After long discussions, the federal government passed its Building Energy Act (GEG), which originally allowed for the installation of pure oil and natural gas heating...

  12. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    speaks. [...] Carla Hinrichs responded to Habeck's criticism: "Since when does the government consider the protest against itself to be right or wrong?" Their movement has set itself the task of being a "fire alarm" like a high-rise building that is burning in the basement. The alarm was loud and annoying, but no one would say afterwards that it was wrong, said Hinrichs. [...] Both sides...

  13. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    Costs of industrial and agricultural competitiveness come from Belgium. Macron also receives support from the conservative EPP group in the EU Parliament. But climate change is not taking a break. And the environmental policy record of the president, who took office in 2017 with the motto “Make our planet great again,” is anything but glorious. [...] The grade unsatisfactory...

  14. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    is the incident in several respects. First: Someone wants to hug Olaf Scholz. Secondly: Olaf Scholz is actually still recognized, even though he prefers to make himself invisible when governing. Third: Typically German between men would have been a warm handshake or a pat on the back that suggested an embrace. But who knows today what is typical...

  15. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    Ordered the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend. In contrast, co-defendant Alena Z. was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The case made international headlines. Kocner's conviction was generally expected. The millionaire is currently serving a prison sentence of several years for other crimes. Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova (both 27)...

  16. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    Oceans than, for example, in sand or clay. According to a survey by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in the past few decades the world's oceans have absorbed 93 percent of the heat energy that also enters the earth's atmosphere due to the man-made greenhouse effect. At the beginning of May this year, the University of Maine published data showing that the world's oceans are preparing for a new...

  17. Newsletter XVIII 2023 - April 30 to May 6 - News+ Everything green? Energy Colonialism through Hydrogen Cooperation

    Millionaire outraged on ZDF with climate statement What role do rich people play against the backdrop of the climate crisis? In the ZDF talk, a millionaire made a statement that made many viewers angry. Frankfurt – Climate change is an omnipresent topic. After the “Friday's for Future” movement has repeatedly attracted attention in recent years, the...

  18. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    still out. This only followed in 1973, when the government under Chancellor Willy Brandt wanted to introduce a speed limit of 100 km/h on motorways on a trial basis in view of the oil crisis and the many traffic fatalities. The ADAC mobilized against it with the slogan “Free travel for free citizens”. The saying has aged rather poorly, but can still be found in the AFD party program today. The speeding ban on motorways is...

  19. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    had to queue in front of the town hall to collect their ration of plastic water bottles... * Battery technology | Lithium Ion | Sodium ions What makes sodium ion batteries so interesting In terms of performance, they lag behind lithium-ion batteries, but they promise cheaper production and more possible uses. China takes the lead The Chinese company...

  20. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    has therefore now spoken to the European Commission in favor of including the civil nuclear sector. That should be part of the next sanctions package." The nuclear power Russia supplies, among other things, uranium for nuclear fuel rods and stores radioactive waste. Habeck said that we must become further independent of Russia across the EU... * Debate nuclear phase-out |...