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

    Newsletter V 2024 January 28th to February 3rd *** 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...

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

    Newsletter XXIX 2023 July 16th to 22nd *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 News+ Background knowledge Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a non-exhaustive list of known incidents and releases of radioactivity... Excerpt for this month: July 5, 2000 (INES ? Class?) Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, DEU July 8, 2008 (INES 1 Class?)...

  3. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    would become so cheap that it would no longer be worthwhile to run electricity meters. These and other, even more grotesque promises never came true... * URENCO | SMR Generation IV | Investors New nuclear concepts - No commercial investors URENCO withdraws from the development of new advanced modular nuclear reactors The one-third German uranium company...

  4. Newsletter IV 2023 - January 22nd to 28th - News+ How the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann plays down her proximity to the armaments lobby

    Newsletter IV 2023 January 22nd to 28th *** 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 made public through official channels, so this information is only made available to the public in a roundabout way...

  5. Important newspaper articles on Atom * ... etc. from 2023

    Newspaper articles 2023 *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 *** Newsletter LII 2023 24 - 31 to 2023 December News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails desolate industry ** Newsletter LI 17 - December 23th to 2023rd Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics ** Newsletter L 10 - December XNUMXth to...

  6. Newsletter XXXIV 2022 - August 22nd to 31st - News+ Nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim 2: Hundreds of damage to pipes hidden

    the local population continues to believe in "nuclear power, no, thank you!" firmly? The online market research institute Marketagent investigated this question in a recent study. *Japan | Duration | Generation IV Japan is reportedly considering building new nuclear power plants. The lifespan of existing power plants will also be extended to over 60 years. It is a departure from Tokyo's previous line...

  7. Newsletter XV 2022 - April 08th to 14th - News+ Russian gas and the German energy transition: perspective yellow vests

    also demand a different political system. Left-wing politicians blame Corona policy. * Great Britain | Italy | Romania Italy: Newcleo and Enea cooperate on Generation IV reactors The UK-based start-up Newcleo and the Italian Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (Enea) have...

  8. Newsletter V 2022 - February 01st to 07th - News+ Nuclear energy brings France a fiasco - and is still a religion

    Newsletter V 2022 February 01st to 07th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current + background knowledge *** Nuclear Power Accidents This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear industry. Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  9. Important newspaper articles on Atom * ... etc. from 2022

    Newspaper articles 2022 *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 *** Newsletter LII 2022 26 - 31 to 2022 December News+ Putin and Lavrov would like to the UN have to go ** Newsletter LI 20 - December 25th to 2022th News+ A UN for all ** Newsletter L 15 - December 19th to XNUMXth News+ Criminalization of...

  10. Newsletter LIV - November 26th to 30.11.2021th, 26 - News+ November 30th - Solar world record: HZB tandem cell achieves almost XNUMX percent efficiency

    2021 - Incident at nuclear power plant in China resolved * Climate November 28, 2021 - After the failure of Glasgow: Our last hope is critical mass * SMR | Akademik Lomonosov | Generation IV November 27, 2021 - New nuclear reactors: Too good to be true? * Solar, PV systems November 27th, 2021 - Lower Saxony decides on mandatory solar for commercial roofs * Traffic light coalition November 26th...

  11. Newsletter XXXII - 19-26.07.2021/19/XNUMX - News+ XNUMX July - Could China's molten-salt nuclear reactor be a clean, safe source of energy?

    to provide evidence, as well as doubts about economic advantages. NNL considers many of the claims of thorium/LFTR proponents to be far exaggerated and therefore warns against euphoria... ** Nuclear power plantsPlag Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Visions and concepts for new nuclear power plants The "Generation IV" initiative, with which various visions and concepts for new and improved nuclear power plants...

  12. Newsletter III - January 15th to 21.01.2021st, 15 - News+ January XNUMXth - New money for new nuclear reactors

    Up to just under 20 percent enrichment is not considered nuclear weapons-capable and is referred to as HALEU fuel. It is precisely this fuel that will be needed for the future small Generation IV reactors, which are on the rise. In order to compete in this new lucrative market, HALEU fuel must be produced in the USA as quickly as possible in order to compete...

  13. THTR Circular No. 152, December 2019

    Up to just under 20 percent enrichment is not considered nuclear weapons-capable and is referred to as HALEU fuel. It is precisely this fuel that will be needed for the future small Generation IV reactors, which are on the rise. In order to compete in this new lucrative market, HALEU fuel must be produced in the USA as quickly as possible in order to compete...

  14. THTR Newsletter No. 151 December 2018

    “legally” going astray! On the alleged THTR inventor Rudolf Schulten Oak Ridge National Laboratory - historical continuities German Fear at the HTR in China: “Altmaier help!” Criticism of Generation IV and thorium reactors Thorium Congress in Brussels Hydrogen and HTR South Africa - Uranium mining “Left-wing extremist smear” Grassroots revolution Reckoning ( Book) Westphalian Anzeiger owner...

  15. THTR Circular No. 150 June 2018

    THTR dismantling of thorium salt reactor planned in China, news about the HTR Thorium is not a fuel for better nuclear technology! HTR course in Poland HTGR in Indonesia Generation Snail. Regarding Generation IV reactors Project manager trainer: THTR is a negative example AfD state parliament member Loose: Bad guys are getting more and more bad! Westfälischer Anzeiger and Ippen: Not everything that belongs to ippt...

  16. The THTR Circulars from 2018

    “legally” going astray! On the alleged THTR inventor Rudolf Schulten Oak Ridge National Laboratory - historical continuities German Fear at the HTR in China: “Altmaier help!” Criticism of Generation IV and thorium reactors Thorium Congress in Brussels Hydrogen and HTR South Africa - Uranium mining “Left-wing extremist smear” Grassroots revolution Reckoning ( Book) Westphalian Anzeiger owner...

  17. Important newspaper articles on Atom * ... etc. from 2018

    * Bavaria produces nuclear waste, but does not want to dispose of it... November 19, 2018 - Bavaria blocks the search for a final storage facility * November 19, 2018 - Great Britain ratifies the agreement on the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Translate with www.DeepL.com/Translator ( free version) * Japan outsources the risks of reprocessing to France... November 16, 2018 - Orano prepares...

  18. Important newspaper articles on Atom * ... etc. from 2017

    perfidious plan" * Nuclear research and nuclear waste May 27, 2017 - Huge amounts of nuclear waste are stored in Karlsruhe * May 21, 2017 - Swiss vote against new nuclear power plants * When will Generation IV nuclear power plants meet the demands placed on them and be marketable? May 17, 2017 - The nuclear future is still a long way away * In Belarus, on the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, opponents of nuclear power...

  19. Nov 19, 2016 - Pebble bed reactors, thorium and transmutation: The last straws in the nuclear lobby

    to employ. Our job is to point out grievances through demonstrations, actions and public relations work. Internationally and of course also in NRW. Addendum to Euratom, EU and Generation IV: At various demonstrations of the environmental movement, we have distributed various leaflets several times since 2004, in which we highlighted the lack of engagement with Generation IV and the...

  20. THTR Newsletter No. 147 September 2016

    40 years of BI environmental protection Hamm! THTR incident no longer bothers red-green in North Rhine-Westphalia THTR in China: The current status, cooperation with the FZJ, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, resistance from Australia at the Generation IV Forum Cooperation Poland - Great Britain New fairy tales about the THTR dismantling Greetings from the BI Ahaus on the anniversary Greetings of the BBU Laurenz (Meyer), the pocket filler (episode 22) event for...

  21. The current THTR newsletter No. 146 - December 2015

    2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 THTR Newsletter No. 146, December 2015: Contents: China: New plans and well-known bankruptcies Generation IV reactors: setting the course for the next 10 years 3sat – Broadcast adopts rhetoric from the nuclear industry! What will become of the 152 castors in Jülich? Hannelore Kraft ignores climate protection and...

  22. THTR Newsletter No. 140 December 2012

    has been run down and is apparently no longer being pursued, enormous sums of money were invested in the further development of these Generation IV reactors under the black and yellow as well as under the red-green (!) federal and state governments. The beneficiaries of the generous state subsidies declare the whole thing to be security research and, to top it all off, export promotion. Even the...

  23. THTR Newsletter No. 137 December 2011

    limited to high-temperature reactors." -- This formulation does not rule out that the experience with the THTR should already be used specifically for future reactors of the EU-wide planned Generation IV. Secure liens at RWE! It is becoming increasingly clear that HKG and RWE has far too little money for the decommissioning, securing and eventual demolition of the THTR...

  24. THTR Circular No. 136 July 2011

    The knowledge gained during confinement (confinement time) and the subsequent dismantling can be of great importance for nuclear technology in Europe and worldwide. This is all the more so as high-temperature reactor technology is being taken up again with the work on Generation IV and the various phases of decommissioning are also part of an overall picture (lifecycle cost). The catalog of questions is certainly...

  25. THTR Circular No. 134 January 2011

    Fuel fresh reactor fuel is produced (breeded), this fast breeder requires reprocessing. "There is a strong suspicion that under the guise of Generation IV an attempt is being made to revive concepts for breeder reactors that have long been discarded for safety reasons" (22) writes the "Austrian Ecology Institute". The propagation of thorium reactors...

  26. THTR Newsletter No. 133 October 2010

    want to become unemployed. This select group spoke out in favor of nuclear power in their current statement “Power Plants (KW) 2020+” on July 6, 7. Specifically: "The high-temperature reactor (Generation IV) is the only CO2010-free high-temperature source that, in addition to generating electricity, can be used for technical material conversion processes, e.g. for the production of hydrogen through superheated steam electrolysis or...

  27. HTR Research - The published and true costs

    Bankruptcy of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) remains silent. And representative of the entire industry, the future EU projects to be paid for to promote Generation IV reactors are presented on 2010 pages in their July 8 issue. Part two will follow in the next issue... Because the federal government's new energy concept will be approved in the fall. And...

  28. Fort St. Vrain, the original HTR didn't work either

    Obama announced that, after a long time, government loans would be made available again for nuclear power plants and that he would step up his involvement in nuclear research. The USA has been a member of the “Generation IV International Forum” (GIF) for many years and is one of the driving forces for the further development of the HTR reactor line. A lot of money was made available by the state for this. Due to the...

  29. THTR Circular No. 130 March 2010

    build.' He described nuclear energy as a "clean energy source" that his government wanted to promote as much as possible, as well as wind and solar energy." The USA is a member of the "Generation IV International Forum" (GIF) and one of the driving forces for the further development of the HTR -Reactor line. A lot of money will obviously be made available by the state in the future....

  30. THTR Circular No. 126 April 09

    While the NRW state government and its Innovation Minister Pinkwart have not only renewed their commitment to nuclear power in recent weeks, but have even raved about new Generation IV nuclear power plants (including high-temperature reactors), criticism of this line of reactors has not only increased significantly, but has led to its demolition the construction preparations in South Africa! This clearly shows...

  31. THTR Circular No. 125 February 09

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2009 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 125 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2009, February 125 XNUMX issues: Not always just THTR... After the daily horror trip...

  32. THTR Newsletter No. 124 December 2008

    for accidents in HTR by coupling the computer programs DIREKT and COCOSYS and integrating system technology components. We have been told again and again how safe the Generation IV reactors are. However, the critical Moormann study, which was published this year at the Research Center Jülich, relegates such claims to the realm of legend, so...

  33. 2008 - Moormann study - Inherent accidents and radioactivity emissions in the HTR line!

    not only calls into question the entire previous official safety architecture of this reactor line, but also shakes the foundations of the international nuclear community's statements about the advantages of the new Generation IV reactors. Remarkably, this criticism comes from a scientist who has been working regularly for many years at the Research Center Jülich at...

  34. THTR Newsletter No. 123 October 08

    not only calls into question the entire previous official safety architecture of this reactor line, but also shakes the foundations of the international nuclear community's statements about the advantages of the new Generation IV reactors. Remarkably, this criticism comes from a scientist who has been working regularly for many years at the Research Center Jülich at...

  35. 1986 - The study on the THTR by the Oeko-Institut Freiburg

    and has become more necessary than ever, since in the Federal Republic of Germany the CDU and FDP parties prefer this line of reactors as part of the renaissance of nuclear power that they advocate, and internationally Generation IV reactors are being massively promoted by many countries. If you are looking for scientifically based analyzes and counterarguments, you will find them here. Horst Blume *** The study is here in 2, pretty...

  36. THTR Circular No. 122 August 2008

    2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 *** THTR Newsletter No. 122, August 2008 Content: 4.000 signatures for THTR cancer study! Fresh money for the bankrupt reactor line From THTR to Generation IV 4.000 signatures for THTR cancer study! Who would have seriously expected that 22 years after the THTR accidents, the long-term consequences would once again be in the public spotlight? Approximately...

  37. THTR Newsletter No. 121 May 08

    The highest rate of leukemia in children in the world is reported. The THTR is taboo for scientific investigation for a second reason: it is the prototype for the Generation IV reactors, into which the largest share of nuclear research money worldwide is to be invested over the next two decades. Above-average number of cancer deaths near the prototype of the...

  38. THTR Newsletter No. 120 March 08

    in Switzerland: Resurrected from ruins There are increasing signs that Switzerland is increasingly relying on high-temperature reactors and is becoming more involved in the development of Generation IV reactors at the international level. It is building on its commitment to this type of reactor in the 70s and 80s. Lothar Hahn and Britta Nockenberg wrote about this in a long paper in 1990...

  39. THTR newsletters from 2008

    were stored until 1978. Insider study at the Jülich Research Center proves: Inherent accidents and radioactivity emissions on the HTR line! This calls the entire security architecture of Generation IV into question. The big sell-off: Florian Opitz's documentary shows, using the example of South Africa, among other things, that privatization and nuclear power plants make electricity very expensive. Love...

  40. THTR Circular No. 119 January 08

    Omission against the following backgrounds: 1. This year, Professor Antonio Hurtado was appointed to the University of Dresden to research the further development of high-temperature reactors and Generation IV reactors. 2. This year, a total of four research positions and professorships were established at RWTH Aachen and the Research Center Jülich, some of which are also...

  41. THTR Newsletter No. 117 November 07

    the Atomic Forum: “Experts around the world are working intensively on the realization of new reactor technologies. Ten countries, including the USA, France, Japan and Great Britain, have launched the 'Generation IV' project. Unfortunately, Germany is not directly involved in this program due to political decisions.” The indirect participation is already making noise....

  42. THTR Newsletter No. 116 September 07

    'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2007 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 *** THTR Newsletter No. 116, September 2007 Generation IV - Reactors : Advancement instead of exit How to "get out" of nuclear power purely verbally and dripping with concern and at the same time the leading representatives of the Federal German...

  43. THTR Circular No. 115 August 07

    of the THTR newsletter (sometimes from the hospital), gave advice, praised or made sure whether a given number was actually correct. The global renaissance of Generation IV reactors worried him. He continued to support our resistance. The fact that all of the problems are now occurring in South Africa when trying to build a new THTR that we already knew about and...

  44. THTR Newsletter No. 113 May 07

    can operate. The THTR funding has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. “Advanced nuclear systems” and Generation IV reactors that are to be supported are specifically mentioned. – But seriously: feeding trough advice is more for medium-sized businesses. Of course, the beneficiaries of EU nuclear funding do not need...

  45. THTR Circular No. 112 April 07

    “Reaching for the bomb. The German-Argentinian nuclear deal”. Publisher: Research and Documentation Center Chile - Latin America (FDCL), 1981, pages 14 and 15. The forgotten generation IV Top of page On March 25, 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, including the EURATOM Treaty, was celebrated by officials in the EU. But not everyone cheered, but...

  46. THTR Circular No. 110 January 07

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2007 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 110 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2007, January XNUMX Parrot Pinkwart is babbling again... If someone wants the majority...

  47. THTR newsletters from 2007

    the trail: How the nuclear lobby manipulates the Internet and especially Wikipedia, falsifies facts and deliberately eliminates critical voices. * THTR Newsletter No. 116, September 2007 Generation IV - Reactors: Rise instead of phase-out. The energy companies simply finance their nuclear research themselves! News from THTR mining in Hamm-Uentrop. There is no inherent HTR security -- says...

  48. THTR newsletters from 2004

    now also memory loss. Cover-up of the incident on the HKG homepage. HTR balls are again produced by CEA (AREVA) in France. The EU Commission answers us: Lots of EU money for Generation IV and HTR. Incidents were just “teething problems”. Red-green did not veto an EU decision. “Competence Association for Nuclear Technology”: Research institutions continue to conduct research despite “exit”...

  49. THTR newsletters from 2006

    Energy problems and destabilization in South Africa. Terrorists in the Koeberg nuclear power plant? PBMR construction delayed. Electricity gap in Namibia. Uranium and racism (Rössing, Namibia). Sustainably expensive Generation IV (HTR line in EU and FRG). Hydrogen is not just a question of technology. * THTR Newsletter No. 105, March 2006 Nuclear hydrogen from HTR?s: Thoben's dreams. Thoben got a draw at...

  50. THTR Newsletter No. 109 November 2006

    the deputy FDP federal chairwoman Cornelia Pieper issued a press release for the FDP parliamentary group in which she called for increased HTR funding within the framework of the European "Generation IV International Forum (GIF, see THTR circular no. 93 and 94): " The European Union's 7th Research Framework Program provides for integrated research projects and networks to...

  51. THTR Circular No. 88 February 04

    disaster-proof reactor line with which the US government wants to justify its offensive to build a large number of new nuclear power plants, even to critics. It is "Generation IV". The European nuclear companies and their research institutions want to get a piece of the big cake to be distributed in the future and have persuaded the "European Commission" to...

  52. THTR Circular No. 90 June 04

    for the targeted, worldwide promotion of the HTR line by the FZJ and thus also by your ministry: "An important point will be the relations with the American Generation IV International Forum. This research project is intended to promote international cooperation in the design of several reactors of the fourth generation Coordinate generation, including the South African...

  53. THTR Newsletter No. 93 September 04

    when he writes: "But German nuclear engineers are predominantly older gentlemen who have a hard time crawling around in the reactor building(!). There are no young talents. The Germans are no longer represented in the Generation IV innovation network." The latter is definitely not true. In June 2004, the "atw" (nuclear industry) wrote on page 403: "German participation is now also possible...

  54. THTR Newsletter No. 94 October 04

    is medium term and the objectives are largely the same as in FP5. HTR research projects of the 6th Framework Program represent a contribution from Euratom to the V(very)HTR system of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). GIF is a framework organization for international research collaboration to develop the future generation of nuclear energy systems, the 2030. .

  55. THTR Circular No. 96 January 05

    The reactor failure - THTR 300 The THTR newsletters Studies on the THTR and much more. The THTR breakdown list The HTR research The THTR accident in the 'Spiegel' The THTR newsletters from 2005 *** 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 96 *** THTR Newsletter No. 2005, January 2009 NRW state government on THTR: Where is the concept for after XNUMX? It is...

  56. THTR Newsletter No. 102 November 05

    been reported (4). South Africa in particular wants to produce its modular HTR specifically for export. The IAEA is currently nurturing the next generation of nuclear weapons producers: Generation IV! Together with the nuclear HTR network, research institutions and energy companies, the IAEA acts through countless conferences, workshops, article services, documentation, presentations...

  57. THTR Newsletter No. 105 March 06

    Present a strategy paper for European energy policy to the meeting of European heads of state and government. (...) It remained unclear which type of reactor Chirac had in mind. As part of an initiative called 'Generation IV' by the US Department of Energy, ten countries, including France, are currently working on further developing nuclear energy. France is concentrating...

  58. THTR Circular No. 106 April 06

    Newspaper February 9, 2 Allgemeine Zeitung February 2006, 3 Allgemeine Zeitung December 2, 2006 Allgemeine Zeitung January 15, 12 Allgemeine Zeitung March 2005, 12 Allgemeine Zeitung March 1, 2006 Sustainably expensive Generation IV Top of page In the THTR newsletter We have already reported in countless articles (1) about Generation IV, which also includes the high-temperature reactor. The research and...

  59. THTR Circular No. 107 June 06

    Others also included representatives from the Institute for Nuclear Energy at the University of Stuttgart (W. Scheuermann) and the Jülich Research Center (W. von Lensa). Since July 30.07.2003, XNUMX, Euratom has been a member of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), an international initiative to develop the fourth generation of reactor systems, which also includes the high-temperature reactor. The magazine "atw" from...

  60. THTR Newsletter No. 103 December 2005

    to spend up to $2007 billion on nuclear research and development and demonstration projects in fiscal year 1,2. It explicitly supports the Nuclear Power 2010 and Generation IV programs and also calls on the ministry to initiate an initiative for a next-generation high-temperature reactor (NGNP) that could produce both electricity and hydrogen. The time frame...

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