1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - News+ April 14th - Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... Youtube Uranium Industry: Plants...

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    Jahren Insolvenz anmelden. Wenn Schulden, Zinsen und Gebühren bezahlt sind, sollen von 650 Amazon-Millionen 361 in die Kassen von Talen Energy wandern - eine Gewinnmarge von 55 Prozent... * Brennelemente | Zwischenlager | Castoren Gericht: Grünes Licht für Atommüll-Zwischenlager Gundremmingen Würde das atomare Zwischenlager in Gundremmingen einem gezielten Terrorangriff oder Flugzeugabsturz...

  3. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    Isotops U235. In Natururan hat es lediglich einen Anteil von 0,7 Prozent. Für den Betrieb der herkömmlichen Atomkraftwerke benötigt man drei Prozent bis fünf Prozent des Isotops in den Brennelementen. Diese niedrige Anreicherung (LEU: low enriched uranium) wird am effektivsten mit Gaszentrifugen erreicht. Der Iran besitzt davon derzeit 11.000 Geräte mit unterschiedlicher Leistung, die in drei...

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    to become more independent from Russia. To reduce dependence on Russia, the French government is considering building a plant to re-enrich uranium from spent fuel. “This possibility is being seriously examined,” said the Industry and Energy Ministry in Paris. The French electricity company EDF confirmed that it is in talks with several partners...

  5. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... March 18 Criteria for...

  6. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    saw that he would take his own life. Nobody can believe that."... * March 13, 1980 (INES 4) Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant, FRA A faulty cooling system melted fuel elements in the UNGG Saint Laurent A-2 reactor and forced a longer shutdown. (Costs approx. 26 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Saint-Laurent (France) 1980: Partial core meltdown in...

  7. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. That's the theory... March 4th Right-wing extremists | agitation | Intimidation Right of assembly right-wing extremists...

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

    enter the food chain and become carcinogenic... IMHO Is uranium ammunition not used in Ukraine, or is it simply not talked about anymore? March 1 Rosatom | Framatomes | Brennelementefabrik Lingen Brennelementefabrik: Signatures against Russian cooperation Critics submitted a collective objection on Friday against cooperation with the Russian...

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

    Newsletter VIII 2024 February 18th to 24th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...

  10. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    such as cyanide, arsenic and mercury. In 2002, a fire broke out at a depth of 535 meters and took days to extinguish. The facility has been closed since then... * Russia | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium imports of Europe's nuclear power plants are still customers Habeck wants to end Russian uranium imports Russia continues to supply Europe with both gas and uranium and fuel elements for...

  11. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    There are 113 comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... Youtube uranium industry:...

  12. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    to increase. The European Union supports corresponding projects. One of these research projects is Win@sea, which is led by Aarhus University... * Rosatom | Framatomes | Fuel element factory Lingen | Safety risk Stop expansion of the fuel element factory in Lingen Anti-nuclear NGOs are calling for the approval process for the expansion of the fuel element factory to be stopped...

  13. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    percent less water... * January 18, 2012 (INES 2) Cattenom nuclear power plant, FRA Wikipedia Cattenom Due to a missing component, the backflow in the cooling lines of the storage pool of the fuel elements of blocks 2 and 3 was not prevented. The storage pool could have become empty in an uncontrolled manner. Due to a malfunction, the cooling water feed line of the decay tank could...

  14. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    Waste Disposal Commission (ESK), the Federal Government's advisory body on nuclear waste, adopted "Guidelines for the dry interim storage of irradiated fuel elements and heat-generating radioactive waste in containers" at its 109th meeting as a recommendation. There is no mention of terror and war and the dangers associated with them. There is also a need for action because the Federal Republic...

  15. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... Youtube uranium industry:...

  16. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    (Russia) From 1964 to 1979, there was a series of events in which fuel ducts at Beloyarsk-1 were destroyed and workers were exposed to increased radiation. In 1977, 50% of the fuel in Beloyarsk-2 melted; the personnel were exposed to high levels of radioactivity. In a fire that broke out due to a falling cover plate on December 31, 1978, eight people suffered injuries...

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

    https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.4.0367/full/ Übersetzung mit https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (kostenlose Version) 20. Dezember Brennelementefabrik Lingen | Framatome | Rosatom Russischer Konzern Rosatom soll in Lingener Atomfabrik einsteigen Im Januar startet die öffentliche Auslegung der Antragsunterlagen für die Erweiterung der Brennelementefabrik Lingen Nach der Abschaltung...

  18. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. That's the theory... December 7th Climate-damaging...

  19. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    ... There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other using a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then be used again. So much for the theory... * November 29, 1955 (INES...

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

    was withdrawn... * Castor | Jülich | Ahaus Resistance to Castor transports to Ahaus is growing In Ahaus on Tuesday evening, around 100 people demonstrated against the second test transport of fuel elements from Jülich to the interim storage facility in Ahaus. An illuminated parade with 20 tractors drives through Ahaus. At the same time, around 150 opponents of nuclear power gathered on site. The demonstrators...