1. THTR Newsletter No. 140 December 2012

    have. As a result, it is claimed that the submitted sample is only iron oxide particles, which do not contain any other chemical elements with high atomic numbers (such as thorium, uranium, plutonium). According to the expert HW Gabriel, the LANUV report should be criticized for several reasons: It is striking in the values ​​of the...

  2. THTR Circular No. 139 June 2012

    Microwave high-pressure digestion (total digestion) was carried out at 80 bar and 210 ° C, in which all components were brought into solution. The actinides (uranium, plutonium, thorium) were then radiochemically separated for alpha analysis. The measurement was carried out using the Alpha Ensemble alpha spectrometry measuring system (Ortec). A beta spectrometric analysis was carried out using...

  3. THTR Circular No. 138 April 2012

    Fukushima and man-made climate change, the company continues to stick to its nuclear-fossil policy. RWE still owns two nuclear power plants in Germany, holds shares in the Gronau uranium enrichment plant and is even planning new buildings beyond the borders, such as in the Netherlands. As the operator of 3 huge opencast mines and 5 coal-fired power plants in the Rhenish lignite mining area...

  4. THTR Newsletter No. 137 December 2011

    and network connection. By the end of 2011, the suitable location for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant should be determined" (2). - There are also plans (p. 95) to mine the uranium available in Poland itself in order to reduce dependence on the world market in the long term . "Since the beginning of October, interested German citizens have also been able to...

  5. THTR Circular No. 136 July 2011

    was held at the 2nd Economic Forum by Wismut managing director Dr.-Ing. Stefan Mann gave the following lecture: "Wismut, a federal company - rehabilitating the legacy of uranium mining in Saxony and Thuringia - opportunities for the Republic of Angola". Since Angola not only has huge oil reserves, but also a lot of uranium in the earth, its elites are preparing for another...

  6. THTR Circular No. 134 January 2011

    for the thorium industry * Insights into Indian and Pakistani nuclear programs * Atomwirtschaft-Zeitung actually reports on the end of PBMR! * News services for the thorium industry Uranium is becoming scarce and nuclear power plants should no longer be operated anyway?? -- "No problem, there is now thorium as a safe substitute!" claims trivializing the industry. So that these...

  7. THTR Circular No. 132 July 2010

    also responsible for “environmental protection measures”. During this time, in 1972, sixty officers of the Brazilian military dictatorship visited the Jülich nuclear research center, where uranium centrifuges were being put into operation and Brazilian scientists were being trained. Three years later, Foreign Minister Genscher and his Brazilian counterpart Azeredo signed...

  8. THTR Circular No. 130 March 2010

    some experts the 'ball pile reactor', which is based on a German design type from the 1960s. (...) The elegant principle, which combines the heaviest naturally occurring metal uranium with the lightest 'inert', i.e. inert gas, could significantly increase the safety of nuclear power plants. (...) A hoped-for advantage of this principle is that the reactor...

  9. THTR Newsletter No. 128 November 09

    Contaminated with amounts of radioactive isotopes such as cesium-137 and strontium-90. In addition, there is a treacherous cargo slumbering inside: 198 spherical fuel elements, some with highly enriched uranium, which have become entangled and can no longer be removed. In two years, the core will be locked in a specially built interim storage facility on the research center site. It is...

  10. Cecile or the unbending squirrel

    Uranium transport started in North Rhine-Westphalia April 27.04.2009, 25 Gronau/Münster (dpa) - A special train with uranium started late Monday evening in Gronau in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to the Environmental Working Group (AKU), the transport with XNUMX wagons is on its way to Russia. (R's note. According to the latest findings, this train was heading towards Pierrelatte in France) A spokesman for...

  11. THTR Circular No. 127 July 09

    to get the keywords for his hymns of praise in an interview on November 14, 11 in “Die Welt”: “Welt Online: How long will the world's reserves of thorium last compared to uranium? Werhahn: Thorium is found in monazite deposits. The reserves would be enough to operate all the world's nuclear power plants for several hundred years. Welt Online: This is how long the uranium deposits are likely to last...

  12. THTR Circular No. 125 February 09

    today parts of the THTR?s in South Africa. Reason enough to take a closer look at this country in this newspaper. And neighboring Namibia (No. 101 +103), formerly a German colony, where the uranium comes from. - From here it's not far to the biggest nuclear bomb smuggling scandal of all time. The article "The Atomic Triangle: Germany, South Africa and Pakistan" (No. 95) became...

  13. THTR Newsletter No. 123 October 08

    of the citizens' initiatives: The flooding turns the salt dome into a sponge and mobilizes the radioactive substances even more. On July 5, 2008, a thousand people demonstrated against this. According to official information, 102 tons of uranium, 87 tons of thorium and 11,6 kg of plutonium are in the Asse shaft. Thorium is a clear indication that radioactive substances from the THTR Jülich are also stored...

  14. THTR Circular No. 122 August 2008

    get more real chance. Due to the climate change caused by this, Lake Lippe will soon have a new chance: it will then be called the North Sea! September 20, 2008, 12 p.m.: European Uranium Action Day. Blockade with “Die In” on the German-Dutch border near Gronau. This is intended to improve the uranium enrichment plants in Gronau and Almelo, as well as cross-border uranium transport...

  15. THTR Newsletter No. 121 May 08

    Transport routes would put even more people at risk. A safe final storage facility is also not yet in sight. There are still 1,6 kilograms of nuclear fuel in the reactor (3). That means plutonium and uranium. And not just in the reactor core, but also in the pipe system for the fuel balls. Since no nuclide atlas was created despite our demands for decommissioning, we don't know...

  16. Newspaper clippings 2016

    can lead to catastrophe The suspected terrorist Salah Abdeslam is said to have spied on the former Jülich nuclear research center. A research reactor was operated there with nuclear weapons-grade uranium. We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de Call for donations - The THTR newsletter is published by the 'BI Umweltschutz Hamm'...

  17. Newspaper clippings (2008)

    Fort St Vrain - The UR-HTR books on the subject of newspaper clippings 2008 *** 2022 - 24 2019 - 21 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 1977 New Germany from December 24.12.2008th, 11.12.2008 Uranium now also to France - By Reimar Paul New Germany from December 10.12.2008th, 10.12.2008 THTR balance sheet by Reimar Paul Wochenblatt from December XNUMXth, XNUMX THTR costs Soester Anzeiger from December XNUMXth, XNUMX THTR dismantling costs over...

  18. Videos and TV clips about the THTR

    History Videos and TV contributions History of the BI in Hamm Newspaper clippings Fort St. Vrain - The HTR prototype Books on the topic Videos and TV contributions All about THTR and uranium *** THTR 300 Nuclear phase-out Nuclear waste What is uranium, plutonium... ?! Uranium mining Nuclear accidents Nuclear weapons Uranium ammunition THTR 300 NDR 1986 - 08:10 - There was an accident in the THTR At the end of May 1986 it became clear: the...

  19. THTR Circular No. 119 January 08

    During an experiment in the GKSS, an explosion occurred on September 12, 1986, during which there was probably a release of small radioactive spheres containing uranium, thorium and plutonium. They have a diameter of less than half a millimeter. Exactly these tiny beads, which are barely visible to the eye, are also part of the...

  20. THTR Newsletter No. 118 December 2007

    perpetrator who fled unrecognized. More than six atomic bombs were built in Pelindaba during the apartheid era, but they were defused before the democratic transition in the Cape. According to officially unconfirmed information, the weapons-grade uranium is still located on the site of the plant under international supervision and is used for medical purposes to produce isotopes....