1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    Brennelementefabrik drei rote Container, die allem Anschein nach mit dem russischen Frachter Baltiyskiy-202 über Rotterdam aus Russland angeliefert worden seien. Im Gegensatz zu den regelmäßigen Uranlieferungen aus Russland seien diese Behälter nicht mit Gefahrguttafeln gekennzeichnet und enthielten demnach kein radioaktives Material. Zu vermuten sei daher, dass in den Containern Anlagenteile,...

  2. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    about an extension of the deadline, as LLWR believes that more time is needed... Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) * Russia | floods | Uranium mine Dobrovolnoye sw Kurgan Russian flood region is threatened with radioactive contamination Snowmelt and rain have been flooding numerous Russian regions for two weeks. River levels reach...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    The task force against street crime (EGS) for carrying out the raid had always caused clear criticism... * April 19, 2005 (INES 3) Windscale/Sellafield nuclear factory, GBR 20 tons of uranium and 160 kilograms of plutonium burst from one over the course of a year Pipe leak at Sellafield thermal oxide reprocessing plant (Thorp). (Costs approx. 76 million...

  4. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    Armin Simon emphasized that shutting down the nuclear power plants also made Germany more independent. "Unlike those countries that still rely on nuclear power, Germany is no longer dependent on Russian uranium." April 8 Hydrogen | Biogas | Steam reforming Green hydrogen from biogas: First green H2 from Krefeld Hydrogen can advance the transformation if it is produced with renewables...

  5. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    contaminated. (Cost approx. 51 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Seversk, Tomsk-7, former Soviet Union 1993 On April 6, 1993, overpressure occurred in a tank containing a solution of 8.773 kg of uranium and 310 g of plutonium, which then exploded. "Radioactive particles thrown into the atmosphere contaminated an area of ​​over 120 square kilometers. Numerous villages...

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    But the Ukraine war did not give the Easter marches any significant boost. Instead, a long-suppressed fundamental conflict has emerged again... * France | EDF | Uranium enrichment "By 2030 in Western Europe" France is examining the construction of a special uranium enrichment plant For years, abundantly used radioactive material has been brought from Europe to Russia, partly...

  7. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    5, five at level 4 and fifteen at level 3. In addition, there were known intentional releases of plutonium and irradiated uranium oxide particles into the atmosphere over extended periods in the 1950s and 1960s... Translated with https://www.DeepL .com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain Similar...

  8. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    A magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami destroyed the power supply and cooling of the reactors and caused a triple meltdown. A lava-like mixture of enriched uranium as nuclear fuel and the molten remains of steel control rods full of cadmium and boron - called "corium" - burned through the bottom of the reactor vessels and ate into the...

  9. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    On this occasion, the French multinational Orano also signed an agreement with the Czech nuclear company ČEZ for the supply of enriched uranium for the reactors of the Dukovany power plant. With this second agreement in a few months, the Czech Republic will be able to rely on Russian-enriched fuel...

  10. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    If potential areas of contamination are not identified and recorded in a timely manner, the pollutants can enter the food chain and become carcinogenic... IMHO Is uranium ammunition not used in Ukraine, or is it simply not talked about anymore? March 1 Rosatom | Framatomes | Brennelementefabrik Lingen Brennelementefabrik: Signatures against Russian cooperation...

  11. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    and local overheating occurred. The pressure pipe and surrounding technological channels were damaged. Heavy water entered the gas cooling circuit. Due to the rapid rise in temperature, the coating of the fuel rods in the active zone was damaged. Due to the elimination of this barrier, the primary area was contaminated and subsequently...

  12. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    and mercury stored. In 2002, a fire broke out at a depth of 535 meters and took days to extinguish. The facility has been closed since then... * Russia | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium imports of Europe's nuclear power plants are still customers Habeck wants to end Russian uranium imports Russia continues to supply Europe with gas as well as uranium and fuel elements for nuclear power plants. After...

  13. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    as possible. Therefore, please try to continue collecting - also in organic shops, from unions or from other environmental groups. How necessary our protest is can be seen again this morning: The Russian uranium ship Baltiyskiy 202 is currently heading towards the port of Rotterdam - most likely with uranium on board for Lingen. In return, fuel rods for Kazakhstan/China may be sent via Russia...

  14. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    Abolition of a special prosecutor's office responsible for organized crime and political crimes because it was allegedly "politically abused"... * Iran | Nuclear program | Uranium | Sirik doubts about civilian use Iran begins construction of four nuclear power plants Iran's nuclear program repeatedly leads to tensions with Western states and their allies. Now announced...

  15. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    the non-nuclear explosive and led to the widespread contamination of around 7,68 km² of the surrounding area with around ten terabecquerels of radioactive plutonium (tera = trillion) as well as uranium, americium and tritium... Wikipedia Crash of a B-52 near Thule Air Base 1968 The crash of a B-52 near Thule Air Base occurred on January 21, 1968... Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air...

  16. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    craziness. Shortly before Christmas, his group lost a legal dispute against the Sizewell C nuclear power plant planned for the eastern English coast in Suffolk. “The government is talking about energy security, but there is no uranium in Great Britain to operate the plants,” Wilson noted in an interview with the taz. In addition, there is still a lack of private investment in the project... * After attacks on...

  17. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    To promote peace between the two parts of Korea... * January 6, 1986 (INES 4) Sequoyah nuclear plant in Gore, OK, USA Wikipedia List of accidents in nuclear facilities #1980s Kerr-McGee's Sequoyah uranium conversion plant in Gore, Oklahoma burst an overfilled cylinder with uranium hexafluoride after improper heating. While filling uranium hexafluoride into a...

  18. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    The safety system at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has been improved, said the responsible nuclear regulatory authority NRA. This means that uranium rods can be delivered again and introduced into the seven reactors of the plant on the Sea of ​​Japan. This puts the ball in the court of the municipalities, which have to give the green light. However, it is unclear when and if...

  19. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    lie,” said IWR boss Dr. Norbert Allnoch in Münster. This is according to the data from the British CFD register... See also: Guaranteed price * Iran | Hamas | enrichment | Frodo and Natanz, uranium enrichment facilities in Iran The massacre of October 7th and the Iranian regime's strategy against Israel October 7th and Iranian politics On his website, the Iranian Supreme...

  20. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    5, five at level 4 and fifteen at level 3. In addition, there were known intentional releases of plutonium and irradiated uranium oxide particles into the atmosphere over extended periods in the 1950s and 1960s... Translated with https://www.DeepL .com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain Similar...