1. Newsletter XIII 2024 - News+ March 24th - Protest at the first nuclear summit in Brussels against the IAEA's “nuclear fantasies”.

    im Gespräch mit der Gewerkschaftszeitschrift Journalistin einen „Trend, Gerichtsverfahren als PR-Mittel zu nutzen, um in der Öffentlichkeit Zweifel zu säen, egal wie das Verfahren ausgeht“. * Frankreich | EPR | Flamanville Atomkraft: Zeitplan für verspäteten Betriebsstart von Flamanville 3 wackelt Eigentlich sollte der um zwölf Jahre verspätete Reaktor in Flamanville nun mit Brennstoff beladen...

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

    beschlossen, die Erneuerbaren bis zum Jahr 2030 weltweit zu verdreifachen. [...] Atomkraft bleibt ein unbeherrschbares Risiko Mit neuen AKWs droht der nächste Super-GAU. Im Sommer 2023 waren in Frankreich die Hälfte aller AKWs still gelegt. Die Franzosen kamen nur mit dem Import von deutschem Wind- und Solarstrom über den Sommer und in England lagen Anfang Januar 2024 sechs von neun AKWs still....

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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 ,...

  6. 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 ,...

  7. 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 ,...

  8. 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 ,...

  9. 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 ,...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

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

    20 states called for the expansion of nuclear power. The aim is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, it said. The USA, France, Great Britain and the host country United Arab Emirates are among those involved in the joint declaration. Russia and China, which also have a large number of nuclear power plants, have not signed... *...

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

    the financial markets reacted positively to the election results. The shares of Argentine companies on the New York Stock Exchange have now risen by 23 percent, government bonds by 6 percent... * France | Food | PFAS Paris warns against privately kept eggs due to PFAS contamination According to health authorities, the soil around Paris is excessively contaminated with so-called eternal chemicals...

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

    Electricity was generated using sun, wind, water and biomass. The lost nuclear power was largely covered by imports, especially from the Nordic countries. But wind power was also imported from France – and nuclear energy. Both are significantly cheaper than the electricity produced by German coal or gas power plants. Because they have to spend a lot of money on fuel...