Assuming that "environment“ is needed, became 186 results found.
2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events
Steam escape. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Cattenom On May 28, 2015, a valve in the secondary cooling of reactor block 1 blocked in the open position and released steam into the environment. The water level in a connected steam generator fell; To avert a power excursion there was an automatic emergency shutdown of the reactor block... Nuclear power plantsPlag Cattenom...
1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events
in the nuclear industry removed from Wikipedia! Wikipedia en Pickering Incidents On December 10, 1994, an accident involving a loss of coolant occurred. The Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources called it the worst accident in Canadian history (June 2001). The emergency core cooling system was deployed to prevent a core meltdown... Nuclear...
2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events
leaked from a leaky retention basin during cleaning... Water extraction and fishing were prohibited. The environmental movement Sortir du Nucléaire dismissed the supervisory authority's claim that there was little danger as trivializing. "If you drink contaminated water, you have the particles in your body. Even low levels of radiation pose a significant risk of cancer." On the 11th...
many kilometers of additional power grids will be built. Wind power is often generated primarily in northern Germany, but the major consumption centers are in the south and west of the republic. Environmental association BUND considers the route to be unnecessary. The environmental association BUND sees it differently. Wind power should sensibly be generated where it is needed, said the spokesman for...
Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson
around 350 kilograms of carbon dioxide are produced per ton of bitumen. [...] Now the Cologne-based Strabag and its Viennese parent company are surprising with news that seems to solve the two bitumen problems - environmental impact and supply uncertainty - in one fell swoop. Biotumen is the magic word. Strabag is cooperating with the start-up B2Square/Bitumen beyond Oil from Meerbusch on...
Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine
The IAEA report states that the plan to divert the water complies with international safety standards and will have a negligible radiological impact on humans and the environment. [...] Despite the IAEA's assessment, local fishermen fear damage to their image will occur, causing sales of their seafood to plummet. [...] The...
leaked from a leaky retention basin during cleaning... Water extraction and fishing were prohibited. The environmental movement Sortir du Nucléaire dismissed the supervisory authority's claim that there was little danger as trivializing. "If you drink contaminated water, you have the particles in your body. Even low levels of radiation pose a significant risk of cancer." On the 11th...
Christoph Bals, Political Director of the environmental and development organization Germanwatch, explains the changes to the draft of the Building Energy Act (GEG) published yesterday by the Federal Government: “It is gratifying that after many years of standstill, the hot topic of building stock is finally being tackled. But the law won't do it in this form...
Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed
The operator denied everything. An independent study on cancer and other diseases was also carried out by activists, which was ignored by the operator... June 22 France | Environmental movement | Eco-terrorists climate protests in France: Banned as “eco-terrorists” France orders environmental movement dissolved As observers expected, the French Council of Ministers...
Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South
remain. Completely different in the northeast. It was already above average in March and April and there is still no rain. In mid-June, the Leipzig Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) registered “extraordinary drought” in this region. A large part of Germany is now actually suffering from drought conditions. This may be due to the wet winter in many places and...
Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda
– more than twice as much as at the time of Eisenhower's speech. The Pentagon now devours more than half of the US federal budget, leaving other areas such as health, environmental protection, job training and schools to compete for the remaining balance... * Climate crisis | Global warming | 1,5 degrees New data platform Global warming is accelerating The remaining budget for...
South." This is probably intended to dispel concerns that the new hydrogen world could establish a new green colonialism in which Africa supplies Europe with energy raw materials and gets nothing from it other than environmental damage. In fact, it was agreed that of the over 3.000 permanent jobs In the Lüderitz project, 90 percent are to be staffed by Namibian workers. In addition...
nothing? A large majority of Germans see saving energy as an important step towards climate protection and want industry in particular to do more. This was the result of a representative opinion survey carried out on behalf of the Munich Environmental Institute. Three quarters of those surveyed in May were certain that too much energy was still being wasted in Germany... * Japan | Legal action...
Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard
has been rejected by the Baden-Württemberg state government. The country is not planning to impose an obligation to install 620.000 heat pumps. The draft energy concept from the green-led environment ministry only contains target values, according to a spokesman. [...] The Bild newspaper, which first reported on the issue, was also told that there were definitely no plans in the country based on...
Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?
should end up in road surface A bill in the US state of Florida proposes to use radioactive waste in road construction. The byproduct from the fertilizer industry is considered harmful to the environment and health. That's why the use of the waste product is actually banned in the USA. In Florida, roads could soon be built from radioactive waste. At least that's the idea...
... * Greenwashing | Fracking | Certificates Project Canary: Windy certificates for fracked gas A company that certifies US natural gas as clean is failing to detect leaks, two environmental groups have found. Can there be clean fracking gas? Or even environmentally friendly natural gas production? “Yes,” says the USA and offers certified gas that is supposedly particularly...
Increased radioactivity: Area at the "Wismut-Teich" closed Due to increased radioactivity, an area on the site of the former Steinach opencast mine in the Sonneberg district is closed. According to the Ministry of the Environment, a bank area of around 1.500 square meters on the Wismut pond is affected. It is no longer allowed to be entered. Measurements a year ago showed increased levels of gamma radiation and...
... * Nuclear phase-out | ARD Germany Trend survey: Majority thinks nuclear phase-out is wrong Shortly before the end of the last nuclear power plants, more than half of Germans believe the decision is wrong. The Environment Minister refers to the nuclear waste problem. BERLIN dpa | According to surveys, a majority of Germans are critical of the nuclear phase-out planned for Saturday. Well over half...
Newsletter XIV 2023 - April 2-8 - News+ Wars and School Massacres: The Cancer of Dehumanization
Disposal of radioactive waste in Germany is not lost. What time periods are we talking about? Jochen Ahlswede: Highly radioactive waste is dangerous for people, animals and the environment over periods of time that, according to human judgment, are infinite. The legal goal is to ensure safety for this highly radioactive waste for a period of one million years. And for...
Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine
Die Stoffe bauen sich in der Natur kaum ab und gelten als potenziell krebserregend, deshalb werden sie umgangssprachlich auch "Ewigkeitschemikalien" oder "Jahrhundertgift" genannt. [...] Der umweltpolitische Sprecher der Grünen Bundestagsfraktion Jan-Niclas Gesenhues fordert deshalb einen von der Industrie finanzierten Fonds, mit dem Reinigungs- und Sanierungsmaßnahmen finanziert werden. Am Ende...
