1. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    Leningrad In 1975, a partial destruction of the reactor core in Unit 1 of the Leningrad NPP occurred. The reactor was shut down. The next day, the core was cleaned by pumping an emergency reserve of nitrogen through it and blowing it down the exhaust stack. Approximately 1,5 megacuries (55 PBq) of radioactive substances were released into the environment. Nuclear power accidents by...

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

    Leningrad 1975 ereignete sich eine teilweise Zerstörung des Reaktorkerns in Block 1 des Leningrader KKW. Der Reaktor wurde abgeschaltet. Am nächsten Tag wurde der Kern gereinigt, indem eine Notreserve Stickstoff hindurchgepumpt und durch den Abluftschornstein abgeblasen wurde. Dabei wurden ca. 1,5 Megacurie (55 PBq) an radioaktiven Substanzen an die Umwelt abgegeben. Wikipedia en Nuclear power...

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

    Not in Germany anyway. The dangerous extension of the running time via a stretch operation, which was also advocated by the Greens in the traffic light coalition, served primarily as an emergency reserve for France's energy supply. The power gap there became larger and larger because the cracks in the French reactors also became larger. But the climate catastrophe has started with a very mild...

  4. Newsletter XLVII 2022 - November 24th to 30th - News+ More garbage to Grafenrheinfeld: The Schweinfurt action alliance against nuclear power is concerned

    In 1975 there was a partial destruction of the reactor core in Unit 1 of the Leningrad NPP. The reactor was shut down. The next day, the core was cleaned by pumping an emergency reserve of nitrogen through it and blowing it down the exhaust stack. Approximately 1,5 megacuries (55 PBq) of radioactive substances were released into the environment. (INES Level 5) - Nuclear power...

  5. Newsletter XLI 2022 - October 16th to 22nd - News+ The "Friends of MIK" in AFD, CDU/CSU and FDP are ready to fight for the nuclear industry until democracy is over

    Water escaped through the leak, but was not radioactively contaminated. The incident was only made public on October 20, 2011... ** October 17 election promises | traffic light | Dependent | Emergency reserve Dear friends, the traffic lights are breaking through one red line after the other. In Lützerath the Greens collapse against RWE, this evening the Greens and SPD bow to the nuclear issue...

  6. Newsletter XL 2022 - October 09th to 15th - News+ In the hyperloop of excitement

    Bonn. One of the highly controversial questions that will be debated at the party conference is the nuclear phase-out or the "stretch operation" planned by Federal Finance Minister Robert Habeck, aka "emergency reserve", "operational reserve" or "reserve operation". All of these terms are intended to obscure the fact that Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck is telling his party that the nuclear phase-out is once again...

  7. Newsletter XXXIX 2022 - October 01st to 08th - News+ Belgium shows problems with extending the runtimes of nuclear power plants

    The Belgian Engie spokeswoman Anne-Sophie Hugé on the possible continued operation of Belgian nuclear power plants should be looked at more closely in the context of the German debate about a so-called "operational reserve", "emergency reserve" or "extended operation". The Belgian energy supplier Engie responded to demands from politicians to shut down the well-known crack reactors Doel 3 and...

  8. Newsletter XXXVII 2022 - September 17 to 23 - News+ Low-level ionizing radiation also poses a risk

    instead of profits«) to protest for effective climate protection. The politically responsible people should “no longer put corporate interests above human lives,” it says in a call... * Emergency reserve | Isar | Neckarwestheim Habeck's emergency reserve: In addition to the Isar 2 nuclear power plant, Neckarwestheim 2 is also unsafe Nuclear power debate is reaching new heights: Safety deficiencies in the operational reserve nuclear power plants in...

  9. Newsletter XXXVI 2022 - September 09th to 16th - News+ permanent vigil in front of ANF Framatome in Lingen

    The Environment Ministry announced on Thursday in Schwerin that rust holes measuring two millimeters in size had been discovered. However, no pollutants were released... * Duration | emergency reserve | Safety check “Nuclear power plants are flying blind in terms of safety” Nuclear power plants have not been subject to a safety check for a long time in view of the end of their life cycle. A conversation with...

  10. Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!

    the nuclear and coal phase-out and a real energy transition - not at some point, but now! Anti-nuclear climate greetings Sofa (immediate nuclear phase-out) Münster www.sofa-ms.de * Stress test | Emergency reserve stress test for the energy crisis Two nuclear power plants remain as emergency reserves Despite the energy crisis, German nuclear power plants should no longer produce electricity on a regular basis. However, two nuclear power plants remain as an emergency reserve...

  11. Newsletter IX 2022 - February 28th to March 06th - News+ Farewell to Russian gas – who wins, who loses

    of safety measures in Chernobyl - IAEA holds emergency meeting - Russian plane allowed to deliver nuclear fuel to Slovakia - IEA approves release of 60 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) * MiK Nuclear Power: Nuclear power plant operator open to discussions about longer running times. So far, German nuclear power plant operators have not been willing...

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