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Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy
A two and a half meter high dam made of clay and black and white sandbags divided the complex into two parts: the bungalows on the lake side were destroyed. The only thing that reminds us of the palm trees are their stumps in the water. Tourists are no longer coming to the Sonar Bangla Resort on the Bay of Bengal, 75 kilometers southeast of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. "It...
of our time," emphasized Scholz. But there are already all the necessary means to meet this challenge. "The technologies are there: wind power, photovoltaics, electric drives, green hydrogen." Germany is pushing these developments forward with vigor. "As a successful industrial country "We want to live and work climate-neutrally in 2045." Scholz appeals to the almost 200 states that...
THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023
THTR incident in the 'Spiegel' THTR circular No. 156, December 2023: *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 XNUMX Content: “Green” hydrogen: colonial Energy? - No thanks! China: HTR future in the stars? South Africa – on the way to the next bankruptcy Jülich THTR nuclear waste soon on the streets? Only interested in mini nuclear power plants...
becomes. Professor Latif, this year we are experiencing extreme drought and heat in Brazil with what feels like temperatures over 58 degrees. In Spain, due to the drought, tankers may soon have to bring drinking water to Catalonia. Climate change seems to be becoming more and more tangible. Is it still realistic to limit warming to 1,5 degrees by the end of the century, as is...
The Essen-based company wants to build gas power plants that, just like in Great Britain, step in when there is too little wind and too little sun. These power plants should also be able to burn climate-friendly hydrogen instead of natural gas. However, these systems are only supposed to run for a few hours. In order for the high investments in the stability of the supply to still be worthwhile,...
Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?
should supply power. However, as the costs of producing green electricity are falling rapidly, even SMRs no longer seem to be economical. Electricity generation from sun, water and wind is simply too cheap to invest in comparatively expensive nuclear power. Many supporters have therefore withdrawn from the project. The final blow came on Wednesday when...
of the Kyushu Electric Power Company for more than 40 years. According to the new legislation, the units can even be operated beyond 60 years. Sendai 1 and 2 - both 890 MWe pressurized water reactors - will reach 3 years of operation on July 2024, 27 and November 2025, 40, respectively. [...] With the approval of the NRA, Sendai 1 can now continue until July 2044 and Sendai 2 until November 2045...
floating ice sheets that cling to the glaciers of the southern continent and hold them together like a belt. If these ice sheets thaw, the glaciers are unprotected against warmer ocean water and “pour out” into the ocean, leading to further sea level rise. The glaciers of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet alone cause the global oceans to rise by up to five...
Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism
Wednesday she took part in a historic demonstration by Jewish peace groups in Washington DC, with thousands of participants. Her latest article in Haaretz is headlined "Without water and electricity from Israel, people in Gaza face dehydration and illness." Hass is the only Israeli-Jewish journalist who has worked in Gaza and the West Bank for 30 years...
MVV Energie, from Siemens Energy and the city of Mannheim, which is still the majority owner of MVV. First river heat pump in Baden-Württemberg The water that comes out of the river heat pump is up to 99 degrees hot. It will be part of the district heating supply operated by the Mannheim energy supplier MVV. The river heat pump is the first of its size in Baden-Württemberg and a...
In October 1957 a maximum temperature of 1.300 °C was reached and a large radioactive cloud containing iodine, cesium, strontium and plutonium spread over the Irish Sea. The reactor was finally cooled with large amounts of water and the fire was extinguished the following day. There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: uranium enrichment and reprocessing - plants and...
In order to avoid cheap gas from Russia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is relying on energy production at sea. The Baltic Sea is to become a gigantic wind power plant. The aim is to produce cheap electricity and later also hydrogen. The Danes were the first to set off. Nysted Havmøllepark, just 30 kilometers from the Mecklenburg coast, was the first large offshore park...
Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread
to actively shape it. As part of the current needs plan review of the current Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (BVWP), reforms must be implemented... * Warming and CO2 increase are causing seawater to become acidic How severe is the acidification of the oceans? Strip graphic illustrates decrease in pH value and aragonite content over the last 40 years Invisible danger to the marine world: New...
Janet Alkire, chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux, said in a statement on the current situation that has been distributed via video since the weekend: "The fight is not over yet - the fight for our water, the unborn and for Mother Earth!" Against the declared will and years of protest The pipeline routed through their area by those affected represents “a continuous trespass against...
Earth layers are pressed to banish it from the atmosphere. Opponents of the CCS projects, especially in Schleswig-Holstein, feared leaks, artificial earthquakes and risks to groundwater. [...] Until now, the technology has also been very controversial in politics. The Greens and the SPD in particular spoke out against it, but the Union and FDP also considered them...
Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years
Wikipedia Fleurus Radiochemical Industrial Plant - 2008 After completing a production process, three smaller collection tanks were transferred to a larger wastewater tank. An unexpected chemical reaction occurred with the formation of radioactive iodine-131. Due to a defective measuring computer, this was able to slowly and unnoticed enter the surrounding area via a chimney over a few days...
Wind turbines in their network also use their network fees to pay for the expansion of infrastructure in other parts of Germany. The head of the Federal Network Agency recently supported this. * Drinking water | Ocean | Seawater desalination Desalinating water: Oceans - the new source of drinking water Drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce worldwide. Climate change and population growth are exacerbating the problem...
had not reported it to the supervisory authority. In November 2001, the Stuttgart Ministry of the Environment reported that contaminated water had leaked from Philippsburg I due to a defect in a plant drainage valve... Wikipedia Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant At the Philippsburg NPP, when starting up Unit 2, the operating crew overlooked the fact that the emergency cooling system did not meet the requirements. ..
On February 6, 2016, the governor of the US state of New York announced that "alarmingly high" radiation levels had been detected at the nuclear power plant; Tritium-contaminated water apparently leaked from the power plant. Up to 296 Bq per liter were measured in the groundwater of neighboring towns; the limit value is 0,45 Bq. The nuclear power plant is only about 40 km away...
1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events
Auf der Linie zwischen Nordkap und Bären-Inseln kam das nukleargetriebene sowjetische U-Boot K-278 „Komsomolets“ (Mike-Klasse) am 7. April 1989 vom Kurs ab und versank nach einigen Stunden Überwasserfahrt. Durch Verbrennungen, Verletzungen, Ersticken und Unterkühlung kamen 42 Besatzungsmitglieder ums Leben. Ein Kernreaktor und zwei Torpedos mit Atomsprengköpfen liegen in 1685 Meter Tiefe, knapp...
