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THTR Newsletter No. 93 September 04
In South Africa, Germany and the USA, representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency have now traveled to Pretoria to put a stop to a global syndicate. The syndicate is supposed to supply uranium and components necessary to set up nuclear weapons production on request. Hundreds of companies in more than 20 countries are said to be involved in the transactions and make billions in profits...
THTR Newsletter No. 94 October 04
been included in the eligibility for funding? The thorium high-temperature reactor (THTR) in Hamm-Uentrop was a demonstration reactor that was originally planned for high-temperature applications. Despite some “teething problems”, important positive lessons were learned from the operation of the THTR. The THTR project was complemented by...
THTR Circular No. 96 January 05
www.bi-ahaus.de, www.castorstopp-dresden.de Resistance costs money!! Donations are desired: Florian Kollmann, keyword "Castor", account 424 255 464, Postbank Dortmund, bank code 440 100 46 Uranium enrichment exacerbates the nuclear waste problem Top of page The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) cannot and must not wash its hands in innocence if it superficially Castor transports from Rossendorf to Ahaus...
THTR Newsletter No. 99 April / May 05
In the 70s, the "father of the Pakistani atomic bomb, Abdul Quadeer Khan, obtained design plans and sources of supply for the construction of uranium centrifuges from the German-Dutch-British company Urenco. Khan, who was married to a South African woman, later worked with German and Swiss engineers during the apartheid era in the nuclear weapons program of the...
The activists were able to achieve an important legal victory before the South African Supreme Court. Next door, in the former German colony of Namibia, the uranium for the THTR in Hamm was mined and a new large uranium mine is now being planned. Inspiration for future activities could also be Mahatma Gandhi, who lived in South Africa for 21 years and...
THTR Newsletter No. 101 October 05
We quoted Steve Thomas in No. 79 in the article "The Firecracker" (Die Zeit April 11.04.2002, XNUMX). We also reported that he advised the International Atomic Energy Agency. Uranium mining in Namibia - current developments Top of page Namibia as a former uranium supplier for the THTR-Hamm and possibly as a future supplier for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) plays a role in...
THTR Newsletter No. 102 November 05
South Africa added: "Kriek (from PBMR Ltd, THTR-RB) saw the participation of the Vice President and three ministers as evidence of how important the government is taking the project. 'In our country, which is rich in uranium deposits, it is natural that we should use this resource for peaceful and economic purposes." The VDI article highlights the importance of suppliers for the construction of the nuclear power plant:...
THTR Newsletter No. 105 March 06
explains to us expertly how it should work: "In contrast to the light water reactors that are used worldwide, the operating temperature for the VHTR when splitting enriched uranium is not around 300, but at least 950 degrees Celsius. This means that the noble gas, for example, can be used in a parallel circuit Heating helium, which first turbines to generate electricity in...
THTR Circular No. 106 April 06
It took some persuasion to convince the International Atomic Energy Agency that this was not possible for the time being due to the extremely tense energy supply situation. The remaining uranium reserves in the reactor are stretched longer than originally planned at lower loads. Meanwhile, the South African electricity supplier ESKOM faced harsh criticism in parliament over its...
THTR Circular No. 108 August 06
Witnesses in the area saw the explosion. Since 1992, small spheres with a diameter of around half a millimeter have been found in the area around Geesthacht. They contain uranium, thorium and plutonium. These ingredients provide important information about the fuel used and the subject of research. The responsible state governments in Lower Saxony and...
THTR Newsletter No. 86 November 2003
To date, extreme care has been taken to keep out of the discussion about the THTR for weapons-related purposes." Not only the highly enriched uranium, but also the low enriched uranium can in principle be diverted at various stations. In the PBMR, an enrichment level of 8% is envisaged. At three percent one still speaks of low-enriched uranium. Studies 1986 -...
THTR Newsletter No. 95 December 2004
in democratic Germany - even today for a lot of explosives and, what is much worse, for radiation deaths! Further information can be found in THTR newsletters No. 82 and 83. Urangate at Urenco and Jülich Top of page The development of gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment also began in Germany during the time of fascism. By connecting in series...
THTR Newsletter No. 103 December 2005
The active Professor Wodopia is a member of the General Secretariat of the European Union, which accompanies the decision-making process of the EU institutions! – Is anyone laughing? Horst Blume New uranium mine and first alternatives in Namibia Top of page In issues 100 and 101 of the THTR newsletter we reported that in the former German colony of South West Africa - today's Namibia -...
Reactor failure THTR - communication
- Quietly hiding important information in loud, rumbling speech - everyone gets upset about the form and tone, and hardly anyone notices the explosiveness of the content. Anyone who has 'HEU' (highly enriched uranium) can also build the bomb. * The regional princes... Laurenz Meyer has truly earned the nickname “pocket filler”. In the nine months before he left the...
