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

    In Munich, for example, research is being carried out into how fuel elements age. The research project is designed to be permanent. “We are responsible for the safe storage of the waste until a final repository is ready for operation and we have brought the waste there,” says Maik Stuke, head of the research group. The interim storage of highly radioactive waste in Germany is limited to 40 years...

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

    and in many places there is not enough fresh water. More and more droughts due to climate change are leading to water shortages in more and more regions... * Generation IV reactors | radioactive waste | Repository New study: Fourth generation nuclear reactors will not be ready for decades New fourth generation nuclear reactors will not be available. Study sees use only in decades. Climate goals and...

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

    more expensive than planned. * Emsland nuclear power plant | Nuclear waste interim storage facility | BGZ nuclear waste interim storage facility in Lingen: Endless duration? The interim storage facility in Lingen is approved until 2042. But then there will still be no final storage facility for the highly radioactive nuclear waste. The location will continue to operate. How long is unclear. The nuclear waste interim storage facility in Lingen is located right next to the disused...

  4. 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

    highly radioactive nuclear waste - Waste disposal commission recommends guidelines What happens next with the long-term above-ground storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste now that it is clear that a final repository for this radiant nuclear legacy will not be available for many decades? The above-ground interim storage previously planned for 40 years could now last for over 100 years...

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

    Low- and medium-level radioactive waste will soon be stored in the Konrad shaft. But after a delay in the schedule, the project becomes significantly more expensive. New calculations for the controversial nuclear waste repository in Salzgitter assume a significant increase in prices. The Federal Agency for Final Storage (BGE) expects that another 2,64 billion euros will be needed until completion...

  6. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    The calculation works: now even the most absurd and human rights-violating proposal gets applause if it is only directed against “illegal migrants”... * Nuclear waste | Final repository | Castor He shines and shines and shines Where should the nuclear waste go? The search for the best possible location for an underground repository extends the dangerous interim storage...

  7. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    from Jülich to Ahaus. The initiatives point out that the former operators of the AVR reactor were “responsible until final storage” for the approximately 300.000 fuel balls in the 152 Jülich castors. The statement states, among other things: “Since the fuel balls have to be conditioned and repackaged before final storage, there are further options for this process...

  8. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    are never without risk and should be avoided if possible. The nuclear waste should therefore generally remain in the places where it was created - as long as there is no approved final repository." In addition, the nuclear balls in their current form are not "suitable for final storage" and will have to be processed again somewhere else at some point before they can be used in the distant future a final repository still to be built...

  9. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    him. The Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called on the Guatemalan government to take urgent precautionary measures to better protect Arévalo. * Final storage | Intermediate storage | BGZ Nuclear waste: final destination for interim storage? Since there is still no final storage facility in sight, the decentralized nuclear storage facilities will remain in operation for decades to come. The federally owned...

  10. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    in Ahaus does not provide any advantages, but creates significant and completely unnecessary risks on the highways in North Rhine-Westphalia for months - plus further trips to a final storage facility that has yet to be determined. The federal government and the NRW state government should instead implement plan A in Jülich - namely the construction of a new interim storage facility based on the current state of science and technology," explained...

  11. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    Conrad | Würgassen interim storage facility in Würgassen: Nuclear waste can probably roll. The federal waste disposal commission supports the interim storage facility in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is intended to hold the waste that will later end up in the Konrad shaft final storage facility. GÖTTINGEN taz | Environmentalists in the Weserbergland reacted with horror when the federal waste disposal commission (ESK) made its recommendation on Wednesday to build a large...

  12. Reactor failure THTR - problems

    becomes the glorious rise of a noble bearer of hope, but only the entry into the nuclear industry through the back door, for example under the name 'Transmutation'. * Intermediate storage, final storage? Nuclear waste storage facility! Whether we call it a nuclear waste repository or an interim nuclear waste storage facility, the nuclear waste, just like our health, probably doesn't really care. - Dumping nuclear waste into the sea has been a thing since 1994...

  13. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    Low-CO2 mortar for 3D printing presented. It is said to reduce the CO2 footprint by 93 percent compared to conventional mortar - and at the same time be cheaper and more robust... * Nuclear waste | Final repository | Schacht Konrad Plan for nuclear waste storage Delayed by another 17 years The location for the storage of low- and medium-level radioactive nuclear waste is still open. There is hardly anything in the Konrad shaft...

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

    Power Accidents Wikipedia for EL-3 In 1979, the EL-3 reactor was finally shut down after 22 years of operation. In 2005, EL3 was only partially mined, which was due in particular to the lack of a final storage solution for radioactive graphite waste. The graphite reflectors of the EL2 and EL3 reactors in Saclay represent a total mass of 109 tons. Translated with...

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

    There should be 50. Although France has 2800 kilometers of coastline, offshore wind farms, like those on land, have been neglected for years... July 20th Nuclear waste | Final repository | Site Selection Act Repository search: scolding on the anniversary Opponents of nuclear power criticize fictitious participation and unscientific nature Ten years after the adoption of the Site Selection Act...

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

    can, "into the air we breathe, into the drinking water and into the food." The BBU also states: "A longer operating life of the nuclear power plants causes more nuclear waste. There is no safe final storage facility anywhere in the world. The bad experiences of the Asse and Gorleben repository projects in the Federal Republic must be taken into account." [...] The BBU points out that on Friday, June 23rd, a...

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

    Useful energy without burning fossil fuels is much more diverse than is currently reflected in the often hysterical discussion in the political media... * Nuclear waste | Final repository | Konrad Shaft Further delays in the construction of the final repository: Konrad Shaft will not be completed The construction of the Konrad nuclear waste repository in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, is delayed again....

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

    Transformation process. But once you understand how wrong it is to work with these substances, then in my opinion there is no justifiable alternative. * Nuclear waste | Final repository | Castoren Nuclear waste: No security, only calculation models Germany does not yet have a final storage facility for the remains of 60 years of nuclear power use. Latest idea: Old fuel rods as raw material for new reactors...

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

    ... * Decontamination | heavy metal | Microbes Magnetic bacteria as uranium eaters Microbes can remove uranium and other dangerous heavy metals from wastewater Against contamination: In the future, bacteria could help with decontamination in nuclear repositories or in radioactively contaminated water. Microbes of the genus Magnetospirillum can selectively absorb uranium and other dangerous...

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

    of the affected communities... * Nuclear phase-out | Nuclear waste | Intermediate storage | Asse-II No solution in the dispute over the Asse interim storage facility Where should thousands of barrels of nuclear waste go as long as there is no final storage facility? This question concerns the federal government and the residents of the Asse. The former mine is dilapidated and must be cleared. Environment Minister Lemke took a look on site. In the dispute over...

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