1. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    buildings. The explosion is believed to have been caused by contact of nitric acid with phenolic decontamination fluids. A technician forgot to clean an evaporator with water to clear it of decontamination fluids. Areas that could not be decontaminated were marked with a conspicuous warning color or set in concrete...

  2. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    entstehen mehr und mehr extrem giftige und hochradioaktive Abfälle... 1. Mai 1969 (INES Klass.?) Akw Ågesta, Stockholm, SWE Die Fehlfunktion eines Ventils verursachte eine Überschwemmung im Schwerwasser-Druckreaktor von Agesta. (Kosten ca. 16 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents AtomkraftwerkePlag Ågesta (Schweden) #Überflutung im Jahr 1969 Am 1. Mai 1969 entstand wegen eines Ventilbruchs ein...

  3. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Inbetriebnahme 447 meldepflichtige Ereignisse, davon zwei mit erhöhten Radioaktivitätsabgaben... 13. Mai 1978 (INES Klass.?) Akw AVR Jülich, DEU Wikipedia de Kugelhaufenreaktor AVR (Jülich) Ein Wassereinbruchstörfall im Jülicher Versuchsreaktor, der nur der damals niedrigsten Kategorie C zugeordnet wurde, führte zu einer hohen Kontamination des Kühlkreislaufs und des Erdreiches und Grundwassers...

  4. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    therefore came from an explosion, the second, about 8 minutes later, from a collapse. A few hours after these reports, North Korean state media announced that the country had tested a hydrogen bomb. While the explosive power of the last tests from 2013 to 2016 was in the range of 10 to 25 kilotons of TNT equivalent, the explosive power of the explosion on September 3, 2017, according to initial...

  5. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    1999 (INES 2) Akw Blayais, FRA Ein Sturm überflutete den Atomreaktor Blayais-2 und erzwang eine Notabschaltung, nachdem Einspritzpumpen und Sicherheitssysteme des Sicherheitsbehälters aufgrund von Wasserschäden ausgefallen waren. (Kosten 63 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Kernkraftwerk Blayais Sicherheit - Hochwasser Der Orkan Martin verursachte am Abend des 27. Dezember 1999...

  6. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    INES 1 ein. Der für Wartungsarbeiten am 26. Dezember vom Netz genommene Reaktor hätte eigentlich am 27. Dezember gegen 6 Uhr wieder den Betrieb aufnehmen sollen. Laut EDF waren beim Neustart einer Wasserpumpe Pflanzenreste in den Kühlkreislauf geraten, als der Reaktor hochgefahren werden sollte. Dadurch wurde die Leistungsfähigkeit des Systems beeinflusst... AtomkraftwerkePlag Fessenheim...

  7. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    The CDU in particular faces problems. She is facing the biggest test in her history. Surveys are like water levels on overflowing rivers, only in reverse: if they fall too much, the parties are up to their necks in water. If they climb, the big breath follows. The AfD has a special effect: if its values ​​increase, the threat level for the other parties increases, and as many say...

  8. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    News: Study shows how high seas could rise Northwest Greenland was ice-free 400.000 years ago. It was as warm then as it is today. It is shocking which parts of the country were under water because of this. What are we facing? Bad news from the ice. Very bad. An international team of European scientists has discovered that...

  9. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    der Ausschreibung erzielten, überraschend hohen, Lizenzerlöse in Höhe von 12,6 Mrd. Euro werden nach Angaben der Bundesnetzagentur auch zur Senkung der Stromkosten eingesetzt... * Japan | Tritium Wasser Freisetzung soll im Sommer beginnen Fischer in Fukushima stellen sich weiter gegen die Freisetzung des kontaminierten Wassers Auch nach dem die internationale Atomaufsicht (IAEA) ihren Bericht...

  10. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    Plant for the treatment of uranium solutions on the nuclear power plant site, 30 cubic meters (= 30.000 liters) of uranium-containing liquid leaked from a leaky retention basin during cleaning... Water abstraction and fishing were prohibited. The environmental movement Sortir du Nucléaire dismissed the supervisory authority's claim that there was little danger as trivializing. "Who...

  11. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    and Co., whose stocks rise when people fall. Such enlightened journalism would sometimes have to become confrontational instead of constructive. * Building Energy Act | Heat transition with hydrogen? Building Energy Act: Bumpy heat transition with too long of a start Important law ends standstill in the building sector, but is not enough to achieve the 2030 climate target / exceptions for gas...

  12. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    while right-wing populists like Markus Söder and Hubert Aiwanger try to convince us that extremely efficient heat pumps are something like the devil himself... * Drinking water | PFAS | Eternal poison "Post-It" manufacturer 3M fined billions for contaminated drinking water The conglomerate 3M, known for its "Post-It" notes, has to pay 12,5 billion...

  13. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    Wet winters and springs are surprising, but droughts develop over longer periods of time. The last five years have been too dry. The subsoil has dried out and needs time and lots of water to recover. Chronic drought is an increasingly common problem worldwide... * Canada | climate-damaging policies | Forest fires The forest fires in Canada can...

  14. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    most recently in 1913. Most of the facilities in Cadarache are therefore viewed by French seismologists as a radiation risk for the region... * June 10, 1977 (INES class?) Millstone nuclear power plant, USA A hydrogen explosion damaged three buildings and forced the Millstone reactor to be shut down. 1. Nuclear Power Accidents.pdf Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Millstone... On June 10, 1977, an...

  15. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    to maintain a nuclear arsenal somewhat independently. Critics therefore criticized the involvement of a Chinese state-owned company early on... * Namibia | Energy transition | green hydrogen | Colonialism Agreement with Namibia A “global blueprint for green hydrogen” A mega project for the global energy transition is to be built in Namibia with German participation. Planned...

  16. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    North Korea conducted six nuclear tests: in 2006, 2009, 2013, twice in 2016 and most recently in September 2017. North Korea claimed on January 6, 2016 that the country had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time. On May 22, 2018, North Korea closed its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri... May 24, Netherlands | PFAS | Drinking water Contaminated drinking water: Netherlands makes 3M...

  17. Newsletter XX 2023 - May 14th to 20th - News+ Heat waves hit poor neighborhoods particularly hard

    TEPCO plans to restart the nuclear power plant's No. 7 reactor in October. However, with the ban on the transfer of nuclear fuel, this plan cannot be implemented... * Drinking water | PFAS | Lake Constance Water Protection Commission calls for ban Experts warn: Too many chemicals in Lake Constance There are too high concentrations of harmful...

  18. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    The greenhouse effect releases a lot of heat into the oceans. As a result, they are heating up more than ever before, new data shows. This has far-reaching consequences. What's the matter? 71 percent of the earth is covered with water. The oceans have a significant influence on the climate. Unfortunately, heat enters the oceans much more easily than, for example, sand or clay. According to a survey by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),...

  19. Newsletter XVIII 2023 - April 30 to May 6 - News+ Everything green? Energy Colonialism through Hydrogen Cooperation

    If you ask how they should heat in an environmentally friendly way in the future, the 9.000-inhabitant community of Pullach in the Isar Valley doesn't have a problem. They started drilling into the hot water underground here in 2004. Today, over 50 percent of Pullach households heat with it, soon it will be 80 percent, according to Helmut Mangold from IEP Innovative Energie für Pullach GmbH....

  20. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    Loss of biodiversity. [...] Protected areas should not be seen as isolated life rafts for biodiversity. Rather, they would have to be part of a global network on water and land that connects areas of near-natural wilderness for the species so that they can move from one to the other. [...] Global protection management should also include...