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

    A: Wie schädlich ist das Umwelthormon? Das Umwelthormon Bisphenol A (BPA) kommt nicht nur in Plastikflaschen, sondern häufig auch in Dosen vor. Wie wirkt sich das auf den Körper aus? Welche Verpackungen enthalten BPA? Und wie können wir es meiden? Alle Antworten in unserem FAQ. In der Kleidung, in Verpackungen, Konserven und Kosmetika: Fast überall finden sich Umwelthormone – chemische Stoffe,...

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

    will... * Thailand | plastic | Plastic waste Pollution in Thailand Plastic hell in paradise Many Thais love plastic. Plastic waste is even imported from abroad. Bags and packaging later end up in the sea and animals die miserably. But some young people no longer want to accept this. [...] »We Thais love plastic things, we are crazy about them. I think for...

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

    Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant On February 22, 1977, the plant was seriously damaged while refilling with fuel rods: During the accident, forgotten residues of the desiccant silica gel included in the packaging caused blockages on a fuel element, so that the coolant could not flow through properly and it led to a local Overheating occurred. The pressure tube...

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

    On the one hand because of the decrease in rainfall, but above all because of the high water consumption in the surrounding fields for strawberries and other “red fruits”... * European Union | Packaging | Single-use plastic EU environment ministers agree on a law against packaging waste By 2040, significantly less packaging should end up in the trash in the EU. That's why...

  5. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    about plastic agreements: “The fronts have become clear” Henning Wilts from the Wuppertal Institute still sees opportunities for a UN agreement. What Brussels decides on packaging is more important for Europe anyway. taz: Mr. Wilts, did the negotiations in Nairobi fail? Henning Wilts: No, you can't say that yet. In Nairobi there is a draft for a contract, the so-called Zero...

  6. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Version) Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain 1957 Windscale was commissioned in the 1940s. The site was initially responsible for the inspection and packaging of small arms ammunition and later, aided by its isolated location, for plutonium production for the British nuclear weapons program... On October 7, 1957, Pile 1 was used for the ninth time...

  7. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    degraded - and can endanger health. A study now shows that women are at particular risk. They are in shampoos, the coating on pans or rainwear and in packaging: PFAS, so-called eternal chemicals, are found in many everyday things. They have long been suspected of being harmful to health, for example the function of the liver or...

  8. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Version) Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain 1957 Windscale was commissioned in the 1940s. The site was initially responsible for the inspection and packaging of small arms ammunition and later, aided by its isolated location, for plutonium production for the British nuclear weapons program... On October 7, 1957, Pile 1 was used for the ninth time...

  9. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Power Accidents Wikipedia de Kernkraftwerk Bohunice Am 22. Februar 1977 wurde die Anlage beim Wiederbefüllen mit Brennstäben schwer beschädigt: Bei dem Unfall führten vergessene Reste der Verpackung beigefügten Trocknungsmittels Silicagel an einem Brennelement zu Verstopfungen, sodass das Kühlmittel nicht richtig durchströmen konnte und es zu einer lokalen Überhitzung kam. Die Druckröhre sowie...

  10. Newsletter VIII 2023 - February 19th to 25th - News+ Mönch von Lützerath: Sympathetic figures of the climate movement

    a major accident was avoided. Even more dangerous was a partial core meltdown on February 22, 1977, which was rated as an INES level 4 accident. The cause of the accident was that "the packaging and moisture absorption material silica gel had not been removed from a fuel assembly and then blocked the cooling channel." The water vapor released radioactive radiation into the area...

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

    made. - - Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain 1957 Windscale was commissioned in the 1940s. The site was initially responsible for the inspection and packaging of small arms ammunition and later, aided by its isolated location, for plutonium production for the British nuclear weapons program... On October 7, 1957, Pile 1 was...

  12. Newsletter II 2022 - January 07th to 14th - News+ Draft EU taxonomy: chance of nuclear power surviving?

    Newsletter II 2022 January 07th to 14th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current + background knowledge *** Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear industry. Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  13. THTR Newsletter No. 117 November 07

    Reactor', SGL project manager Baumblüth goes into raptures (...). The graphite is manufactured in Germany and France and processed in Meitingen. It is then placed in climate-safe packaging and shipped to South Africa. The new pebble bed reactor planned there is scheduled to go into operation between 2010 and 2012. The new machining center for nuclear graphite in Meitingen is...

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