1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Aber es war extrem schwierig, die wissenschaftliche Literatur aus der ganzen Welt zu bewerten, aufzuarbeiten und dann Kriterien einer Berufskrankheit für das deutsche Sozialrecht abzuleiten. In Frankreich ist Parkinson ja schon seit 2012 als Berufskrankheit anerkannt. Auch Italien war schneller. Haben die mehr in Forschung investiert, oder warum ging das dort schneller? Kraus: Da sind...

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

    Technically these are so-called Contracts for Difference (CFD). The reform was controversial because the CfD will not only be able to promote renewable energies in the future, but also nuclear power, especially at the insistence of France. Special rules were also adopted for aid for coal-fired power plants, which met with resistance from environmentalists and Greens. * United States | China...

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

    Core Power from the UK, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC, TerraPower and Westinghouse from the USA, Onomichi Dockyard from Japan, VARD Group from Norway, Bureau Veritas from France and RINA from Italy. * Israel | war crimes | Gaza Oops, a war crime: West outraged because aid workers killed by Israel were not Palestinians Israel's genocide of...

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    These points are actually difficult to dismiss. The authors are therefore concerned with "changing the circumstances under which making the right decisions is so difficult"... * France | Duration | cracks | Lifespan | Flamanville energy policy France's billion dollar nuclear hole New construction of European pressurized water reactor in Flamanville delayed - and more expensive The...

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

    decided to triple renewables worldwide by 2030. [...] Nuclear power remains an uncontrollable risk. The next catastrophe threatens with new nuclear power plants. In the summer of 2023, half of all nuclear power plants in France were shut down. The French only got through the summer by importing German wind and solar power, and in England six out of nine nuclear power plants were shut down at the beginning of January 2024....

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

    UNGG Saint Laurent A-2 reactor melted fuel elements, forcing extended shutdown. (Cost approximately US$26 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear Power Plants Plague Saint-Laurent (France) 1980: Partial meltdown in reactor A-2 The second accident in Saint-Laurent, described as the most serious in French history, occurred in the reactor A-2 on March 13th...

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

    Have a drink in a Parisian café on a warm evening. [...] When I ask them what they think of the most important European heads of state and government - Olaf Scholz (Germany) and Emmanuel Macron (France) - they shrug their shoulders and the words "idiotic" and are mentioned "insignificant". [...] What is particularly confusing is that large parts of the population in the countries of the North...

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

    Tybee Island, USA February 6, 1974 (INES 4-5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, USSR February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis nuclear power plant, DEU February 12, 2013 (North Korea's 3rd nuclear weapons test) P'unggye-ri, PRK 13. February 1960 (France's 1st atomic bomb test) Reggane, FRA February 14, 1950 (Broken Arrow) Convair B-36 British Columbia, CAN February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin nuclear power plant, FRA February 22, 1977 (INES 4) Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant ,...

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

    Tybee Island, USA February 6, 1974 (INES 4-5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, USSR February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis nuclear power plant, DEU February 12, 2013 (North Korea's 3rd nuclear weapons test) P'unggye-ri, PRK 13. February 1960 (France's 1st atomic bomb test) Reggane, FRA February 14, 1950 (Broken Arrow) Convair B-36 British Columbia, CAN February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin nuclear power plant, FRA February 22, 1977 (INES 4) Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant ,...

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

    Tybee Island, USA February 6, 1974 (INES 4-5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, USSR February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis nuclear power plant, DEU February 12, 2013 (North Korea's 3rd nuclear weapons test) P'unggye-ri, PRK 13. February 1960 (France's 1st atomic bomb test) Reggane, FRA February 14, 1950 (Broken Arrow) Convair B-36 British Columbia, CAN February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin nuclear power plant, FRA February 22, 1977 (INES 4) Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant ,...

  11. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    Tybee Island, USA February 6, 1974 (INES 4-5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, USSR February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis nuclear power plant, DEU February 12, 2013 (North Korea's 3rd nuclear weapons test) P'unggye-ri, PRK 13. February 1960 (France's 1st atomic bomb test) Reggane, FRA February 14, 1950 (Broken Arrow) Convair B-36 British Columbia, CAN February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin nuclear power plant, FRA February 22, 1977 (INES 4) Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant ,...

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

    Tybee Island, USA February 6, 1974 (INES 4-5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, USSR February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis nuclear power plant, DEU February 12, 2013 (North Korea's 3rd nuclear weapons test) P'unggye-ri, PRK 13. February 1960 (France's 1st atomic bomb test) Reggane, FRA February 14, 1950 (Broken Arrow) Convair B-36 British Columbia, CAN February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin nuclear power plant, FRA February 22, 1977 (INES 4) Jaslovské Bohunice nuclear power plant ,...

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

    from the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University Hospital in Kiel were no longer able to identify any traces on the weapon. It must have been thoroughly and completely cleaned beforehand... * France | Nuclear power | Electricity bill Nuclear energy is becoming more expensive: Why the price of electricity is rising in France France has long been known for cheap electricity, but the costs for the previously...

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

    and preparing for a possible war with Russia, while hardly any effort is being made to get out of the current spiral of escalation... * France | Switzerland | Mobile phones | SAR value device radiation: Federal Council opposes control Over 40 mobile phones have so far failed French safety tests. Switzerland continues to look...

  15. 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

    According to the Federal Environment Ministry, 250 million euros, i.e. more than a third, will now be used to consolidate the federal budget for marine nature conservation... January 7th France | EPR | Flamanville France wants to build significantly more new nuclear power plants than planned. Six nuclear power plants had already been decided, and now the French Energy Minister has approved eight more...

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

    a waste storage facility with graphite elements and uranium metal, a worker was exposed to increased radiation. (Cost approximately US$5,4 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear Power PlantsPlag La Hague (France) A study published by the European Parliament in 2001 lists events from 1989 to 2000. Eight incidents were described in more detail... See...

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

    and the president of the agricultural association threatened to ensure a hot winter at the beginning of January, there is talk about yellow vests again in Germany: Are there a threat of angry protests against a diesel price increase in this country, as was once the case in France? [...] This government has the best narrator in the country in Robert Habeck. Olaf Scholz is someone who has a lot of experience with government apparatus...

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

    Buildings... * Great Britain | EDF | Hinkley Point nuclear power: Chinese can also count After cost explosion, China partner is withdrawing from the construction of Hinkley Point C in Great Britain. France's EDF group is facing mega losses. A lesson about the market and power. News on the subject of cheap nuclear power. The Chinese group China Nuclear Power Group (CNG) is withdrawing from the financing of...

  19. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    Gas and oil and the expansion of renewables. Nuclear energy hardly played a role. Nevertheless, an initiative by around 20 countries caused quite a stir. Countries, including France, the USA and Great Britain, are calling for nuclear energy to be significantly expanded to protect the climate. The German-Australian energy expert Prof. Sven Teske doesn't think so. ZDFheute: The initiative...

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

    Until next week, that could change, the topic will be discussed - but it is also the number one point of contention. Because not everyone draws the same conclusions from the Paris Agreement... * France | EDF | Electricity price Definitive end to “cheap” nuclear power in France Now the French government and the EDF group also have to admit that cheap nuclear power did not exist and...