1. Jun. 04, 2012 - Pebble bed reactor in Jülich: On the trail of the operators' attempts to cover up!

    Groundwater contamination in Western Europe: Here we have to compare the currently valid drinking water limit of 100 Bq/l for tritium with the total amount of spilled tritium of approx. 500 billion becquerels. So the question: Is it definitely certain that this tritium took the presumably more harmless route into the atmosphere through evaporation, instead of...

  2. THTR Circular No. 139 June 2012

    further researched. The know-how was sold to South Africa, North Rhine-Westphalia companies like Uhde-Dortmund and the Essener Hülsenwerke earned a lot from the nuclear deal -- and the construction in South Africa failed! 1,5 billion euros were wasted in South Africa. THTR research Because the light water reactors have fallen into disrepute due to the current accidents, there is now a risk that the HTR line...

  3. THTR Circular No. 138 April 2012

    just a few years ago built the spherical fuel element factory for the planned high-temperature reactor in South Africa (1). However, the reactor itself was not completed and 1,5 billion (!) euros was wasted. We as a citizens' initiative issued a press release on the same day in which we differentiated the facts and the necessary consequences...

  4. THTR Newsletter No. 137 December 2011

    as follows: "The rapid decline in value of the nuclear power companies also threatens taxpayers. The state must now demand security such as liens from RWE & Co. After years of mismanagement with bad investments worth billions in unprofitable investments and power plants with no future, the investors are currently punishing the RWE group. The The price of the common stock is down from its peak three...

  5. 28.03.2011/XNUMX/XNUMX - Tepco is the end of the market economy

    Vision 2020 (2) (Document (PDF) (3)). A manifesto of sustainability, CO² savings and social responsibility. With success: On September 29, 2010, Tepco was able to raise new capital amounting to $3,2 billion. Purpose according to the stock exchange prospectus: "Construction of emission-free nuclear power plants." On September 13, 2010, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index recorded a series of...

  6. THTR Circular No. 136 July 2011

    Scientists to bring the HTR line back into the discussion as a particularly safe nuclear variant. Although the pebble bed reactor has once again failed brilliantly in South Africa despite the current investment of a total of 1,5 billion euros, attempts are still being made to build this type of reactor in other countries! In 2010 alone, the Jülich Research Center...

  7. THTR Newsletter No. 135 May 2011

    Study (2) clearly and objectively named. The development of the South African HTR, called the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR), had to be stopped in 2010 after 1,5 billion euros had already been spent. The propagandists of the HTR line don't like to talk about this. One of them is Professor Antonio Hurtado (3). He received his doctorate in HTR from RWTH Aachen and is...

  8. THTR Circular No. 134 January 2011

    The fabulous Maximow in 2006 produced a lot of hot air, but little was actually implemented. Basically, this has been the case with thorium reactors since the 50s. Many billions of euros were wasted on a senseless and dangerous nuclear experiment. The SBE website has not been updated for six months. There doesn't seem to be anything groundbreaking new...

  9. THTR Newsletter No. 133 October 2010

    for education and research) until 2009: 638 million euros. Total future expenditure: 675 million euros. "The operator estimates the total costs of decommissioning and dismantling to be €2,6 billion (as of 2007)" (4). 2. KNR II (Compact Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Energy Plant) Karlsruhe Part of the fast breeder program (20 KW plant). Decommissioned in 1991. BMBF editions until 2009:...

  10. HTR Research - The published and true costs

    Bochum, Aachen, Jülich... "Psst, not a word about the extremely embarrassing end of the planned high-temperature reactor in South Africa. Not a word about the 1,5 billion euros that were pointlessly wasted in this poor country!" This is obviously the motto of the mouthpiece of the nuclear industry, the magazine "atw", which reports on the latest bankruptcy of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)...

  11. THTR Circular No. 132 July 2010

    Westerwelle operates within historical continuities that go back to the time of fascism, when German Nazi scientists conducted nuclear research for the "final victory." 2,5 billion euros Hermes guarantee "Westerwelle campaigned 'massively' for the nuclear industry and 'fully confirmed' the German-Brazilian nuclear agreement of 1975," the TAZ (1) quoted Ulrich Gräber,...

  12. THTR Newsletter No. 131 May 2010

    Experience with the THTR makes it pretty certain that the object depicted is about to disappear forever in the technology museum. - But not without shouting bad words at the critics of this reactor from the grave of billions: "It is all the more regrettable when German 'scientific research institutes' deliberately spread misinformation about the tragic reactor accident in the...

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

    and embarrassed himself. But none of that matters. Industry has its wishes and the government officials dependent on it have to fulfill them. That's why Barack Obama is now spending billions of dollars to continue a nuclear adventure whose outcome is foreseeable. Horst Blume comments: BusinessDay from March 30, 3 Ökoinstitut Freiburg (Frey, Fritsche, Herbert,...

  14. THTR Circular No. 130 March 2010

    - Help comes from the Federal Republic of Germany and South Korea Chimney collapse next to the THTR 24.04.10/21/1 -- Chernobyl large demonstration in Ahaus Laurenz Meyer, part 0 Still 2,5:2010 in South Africa against the nuclear industry The South African state has XNUMX billion euros in tax money for the preparations Football World Cup XNUMX already issued. FIFA benefits from this as an organizer. And the tourism sector...

  15. THTR Newsletter No. 128 November 09

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2009 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 128 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2009, November XNUMX Contents: BÜSO and PBMR: Sect and nuclear industry hand in hand! Reactor and...

  16. THTR Circular No. 127 July 09

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2009 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 127 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2009, July XNUMX Contents: The rooster growls THTR inclusion: A lot of money for sure In the year...

  17. THTR Circular No. 126 April 09

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2009 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 126 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2009, April XNUMX Contents: Renaissance of a bankruptcy: The THTR is also in South Africa...

  18. THTR Circular No. 125 February 09

    should be completed by 2012. The PBMR, which is modeled on the German high-temperature reactor, will also be exported later. In view of the acute energy crisis in the country, Eskom had planned 150 billion rand (15 billion euros) for a five-year renewal program. However, the global crisis made raising capital on the international financial market more difficult than expected. Until now...

  19. That's how it was with the THTR!

    THTR from the euphoria of the 70s to the disillusionment at the end of the 80s back to 'videos and TV contributions' That's how it was with the THTR! - September 13.09.2008, 4 - (30:17.04.2008) THTR demolition - The taxpayer pays, billions of euros and with his health! - April 4, 00 - (17.04.2008:4) Interview with Reiner Priggen - The Greens - NRW - April 00, XNUMX - (XNUMX:XNUMX) The municipality of Lippborg, the pharmacist, his customers and the...

  20. THTR Newsletter No. 124 December 2008

    much more expensive. The preliminary, provisional total bill for 423 days of electricity from the THTR looks - according to partly embellished information from the nuclear power plant supporters - as follows: 2,045 billion construction costs 2,390 billion THTR research (1) 0,425 billion decommissioning + inclusion until 2009 0,112 billion euros inclusion by 2030 0,3471 billion euros Dismantling from 2030 - 2044 5,3191...