1. THTR Newsletter No. 117 November 07

    In a joint statement, the conference participants generally rejected further use of uranium: global uranium mining, further processing of uranium and its use for military purposes must be stopped immediately due to the great dangers. The participants expressly called for the immediate shutdown of all uranium enrichment plants, as they serve only...

  2. THTR Circular No. 115 August 07

    State member meetings of the “Federal Association of Citizens’ Initiatives for Environmental Protection” (BBU) took place in Hamm and led to greater nationwide attention to our initiative. When the almost military clashes at the construction site fence in Brokdorf and the emerging terrorism hysteria among the state-supporting parties ushered in a new, repressive time and basic mood,...

  3. THTR Circular No. 114 June 07

    such as China, South Africa, South Korea and Brazil, the best relationships are maintained. To be clear: uranium enrichment only makes sense if you a) believe in the future of nuclear power and/or b) have military ambitions. Urenco centrifuge technology is blamed for the construction of the Pakistani atomic bomb, which has now also found its way to Iran. In other words: who...

  4. THTR Newsletter No. 113 May 07

    years ago. Obviously things can't go fast enough for them. They unabashedly admit: “China began developing the nuclear industry early on, although initially specifically for military purposes” (p. 775). The connection in the production of nuclear fuel is obvious: “The Yibin Nuclear Fuel Factory (Object 812) is one of the 500 largest companies in China,...

  5. THTR Circular No. 112 April 07

    an inglorious historical continuity. Because they were refugee Nazi scientists who were taken in by the authoritarian-dictatorial regime in Argentina after 1945 in order to be used in military and nuclear research. Some of them came back from the “transitional quarters” after more than 10 years and held top management positions in the...

  6. THTR Newsletter No. 111 March 07

    Nuclear authority - NNR, which accuses ESKOM of negligence in handling the plant. (...)." It is also interesting in this context that the deal by Uhde's parent company ThyssenKrupp to supply military electronics for military frigates to South Africa - including the mandatory allegations of corruption that the Düsseldorf public prosecutor is investigating - is discussed in the speech. .

  7. THTR newsletters from 2007

    Treatment in advance of G 8. * THTR circular No. 113, May 2007 The HTR in China: "... which originally comes from Germany". Current developments and connections to the military nuclear program; Spherical fuel element factory in China. The nuclear rat line, part 2: The Essen High Pressure Tube Works (EHR) with its branch in Dortmund produces system components for the Argentine...

  8. THTR newsletters from 2003

    2003 2002 *** THTR Newsletter No. 86, November 2003 Proliferation: With the HTR atomic bombs can be built worldwide! Plutonium diversion is possible, wrote Lothar Hahn in his report. US military interest in the HTR. Tritium from HTR for nuclear warheads. South Africa: Letter to the Federal Ministry of Research and the answer. PBMR: Investors wanted. Citizen's application for...

  9. THTR newsletters from 2005

    2005 Foreword to the 20-page anniversary edition. South Africa: Subjective approach to a distant country. Dortmund: The renaissance of nuclear power has already begun. Uhde's HTR business with South Africa. Military use possible. Export permit. Namibia: Uranium robbery for the THTR-Hamm! Namibia's plunder and destruction for the profits of the nuclear industry. Colonialism. Rössing and Langer Heinrich....

  10. THTR Circular No. 74 June 02

    of the Pentagon in Washington DC were caused by passenger aircraft approaching the target. The aircraft were used as guided weapons. The attacks were presented as a military commando operation, initiated and controlled by an organization based in a foreign state and supported from there." Right-wing radical cemetery defiler from Hamm convicted....

  11. THTR Circular No. 75 August 02

    should begin. The rally, which will also include the peace movement, will also address the issue of depleted uranium, which has already been used repeatedly militarily (Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan). The Gronau initiative succeeded in involving several peace groups in the preparatory meetings. At a so-called application conference on May 3rd...

  12. THTR Newsletter No. 81 March 03

    few households. Since the editor in charge, Siegbert Künzel, was a "total objector" who refused not only war service but also civilian service, it was very obvious to focus more on war and the military in this magazine. This did not happen abstractly, but specifically in relation to Hamm. It was about disaster control and war preparations, possible nuclear weapons in...

  13. THTR Circular No. 83 July 03

    The possible operators write that uranium would only be enriched to 8% in the reactor. Klaus Traube, currently energy policy spokesman for BUND, wrote to us on June 21.6st. quite generally: "The infrastructure that can be used for military purposes begins with the basic nuclear technology know-how and is then completed when either uranium enrichment or reprocessing, i.e. facilities in which weapons-grade...

  14. THTR Newsletter No. 85 September 03

    Days before fuel rod loading can delay commissioning. He did this because he wanted to prevent the white supremacist regime from expanding its military and economic power in southern Africa with the help of the plutonium produced there. Today, the ANC, as the governing party, is in favor of building the new reactor line right next to the two old...

  15. THTR Circular No. 88 February 04

    mainly financed by the USA) introduced the HTR network and initiated cooperation with the Russian Kurchatow Institute and with the OKB (experimental design office; obviously part of the military-industrial complex). From April 22nd to 24th, 4, over 2002 experts from all over the world met in Petten (Netherlands) as part of the HTR network. A total of 160 lectures...

  16. THTR Circular No. 91 July 04

    The KWU still wants to get involved. The Erlangen-based Siemens subsidiary is also negotiating with the Russians about the possibility of cooperation in the HTR sector." The weekly newspaper also points out the military relevance of the HTR line. The USA could veto a German export to the Soviet Union, as this falls under the CoCom list could fall. After BBC and Innotec competitor...

  17. 1988 - Lothar Hahn on the subject of proliferation in pebble bed reactors

    but is necessary if you want to get a complete picture of all aspects of the HTR line. A discussion of possible motives for diversion of fissile materials for military purposes as well as the possibilities and limits of monitoring fissile material flows will not be discussed here. Please refer to other publications in this regard; At this point it should only be about...

  18. THTR Newsletter No. 94 October 04

    The proliferation of nuclear weapons can be used". On the other hand, in Germany, the HTR's country of origin, the former chairman of the Reactor Safety Commission Lothar Hahn pointed out the serious military implications of this reactor line and made the following clear in a report spanning several hundred pages: It is possible to release uranium during ongoing reactor operation ...

  19. THTR Circular No. 96 January 05

    not necessary. Here, research into nuclear power continues diligently with government support. It's just called safety research and competency maintenance! Horst Blume Civil and military technologies merge Top of page Under this significant heading, you could read an article in the "VDI News" on December 17.12.2004, XNUMX, which dealt with EU security research...

  20. THTR Newsletter No. 98 March 05

    announcing the phase-out, but wanting to do good business with nuclear energy abroad is simply acting dishonestly. On the other hand, the technology of uranium enrichment is of outstanding military importance. The atomic bomb has already been built in Pakistan using technology from the UAA operating company Urenco. Iran is accused of using this technology to create its own...