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

    go online. The location of the first nuclear power plant, which will have an output of more than one gigawatt, is planned on the Baltic Sea near the town of Choczewo. Seawater will be used to cool the reactor here. Commissioning is scheduled for 2033. The construction will be carried out with the help of the USA company Westinghouse, which will provide the official Polish...

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

    On the contrary, he sets out conditions that mean nothing other than "giving the green light for the continuation of the killing, which is unacceptable"... March 22nd Drinking water | sea ​​water | Desalination Plants Desalination: The solution to water shortages worldwide? Desalination plants are expensive, require a lot of energy and harm the environment. But they are vital for more and more regions where...

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

    was released. In addition, a fire broke out in reactor block 15 on March 4th. For makeshift cooling and to protect against radioactive radiation, the reactor cores of units 1 and 3 were flooded with seawater and boric acid. The Japanese government ordered evacuation measures in several steps with a radius of most recently 20 km, of which around 80.000 people have so far...

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

    The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will cause the world's oceans to rise by up to five meters if they are completely melted. Emden is one meter high... * Groundwater | evaporation | Seawater desalination Without groundwater recharge, the region will dry out. In the past 20 years, the groundwater level in Brandenburg has fallen significantly. The researchers see no trend reversal...

  5. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    to actively shape it. As part of the current needs plan review of the current Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (BVWP), reforms must be implemented... * Warming and CO2 increase are causing seawater to become acidic How severe is the acidification of the oceans? Strip graphic illustrates decrease in pH value and aragonite content over the last 40 years Invisible danger to the marine world: New...

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

    what the governments at the same time propagate as selfless help (Does Ukraine serve as a garbage dump for the West, for the cost-effective disposal of old weapons and ammunition?)... * Drinking water | sea ​​water | Desalination of Baltic Sea water to combat water bottlenecks in Berlin and Brandenburg? Due to impending water shortages, Berlin and Brandenburg are now looking towards Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It says...

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

    their network can use their network fees to help pay for the expansion of infrastructure in other parts of Germany. The head of the Federal Network Agency recently supported this. * Drinking water | Ocean | Seawater desalination Desalinating water: Oceans - the new source of drinking water Drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce worldwide. Climate change and population growth are exacerbating the problem. Is desalination of...

  8. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    was released. In addition, a fire broke out in reactor block 15 on March 4th. For makeshift cooling and to protect against radioactive radiation, the reactor cores of units 1 and 3 were flooded with seawater and boric acid. The Japanese government ordered evacuation measures in several steps with a radius of most recently 20 km, of which around 80.000 people have so far...

  9. Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine

    revolutionize. A novel method developed by Chinese scientists led by 30-year-old researcher Xie Heping enables the direct electrolysis of hydrogen from seawater - without the previously necessary step of desalination. [...] The scientists have already built a prototype of their novel electrolysis plant without prior desalination in the Bay of...

  10. Newsletter XII 2023 - March 19th to 25th - News+ The poison of doubt is the sugar for the bastard

    Main power line has power, Grossi said. If it is damaged, it will lead to a total failure of the external power supply... *** March 22nd Climate Change | Drought | Drinking water | Seawater desalination Drinking water from the sea? More than two billion people do not have access to clean drinking water. Desalination of seawater can help, but it also poses risks for...

  11. Newsletter X 2023 - March 5th to 11th - News+ Dangerous toxins: Which products contain PFAS

    was released. In addition, a fire broke out in reactor block 15 on March 4th. For makeshift cooling and to protect against radioactive radiation, the reactor cores of units 1 and 3 were flooded with seawater and boric acid. The Japanese government ordered evacuation measures in several steps with a radius of most recently 20 km, of which around 80.000 people have so far...

  12. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    especially ecologically. The natural gas that arrives here is liquefied, which compresses its volume by a factor of 600. The terminal turns the gas back into gaseous form. The “Höegh Esperanza” uses seawater. It is sucked on board, along with many living creatures, from mussels to algae. So that they don't clog the ship's pipe system, they are killed with chlorine. Into the sea...

  13. Newsletter XX 2022 - May 13th to 19th - News+ A flood of open letters and the day of freedom of the press

    Rocket exhaust can damage the atmosphere The space company SpaceX has planned 50 rocket launches this year. Scientists warn about the impact on the atmosphere. * Sea water | Desalination | Solar | Drinking water Drinking seawater: New desalination solution uses less electricity than a smartphone charger Seawater desalination is an energy-intensive affair....

  14. The international INES rating scale and the list of nuclear power plant accidents

    was released. In addition, a fire broke out in reactor block 15 on March 4th. For makeshift cooling and to protect against radioactive radiation, the reactor cores of units 1 and 3 were flooded with seawater and boric acid. The Japanese government ordered evacuation measures in several steps with a radius of most recently 20 km, of which around 80.000 people have so far...

  15. THTR Circular No. 96 January 05

    can be used commercially in 20 to 30 years. In the longer term, they are intended to complement the existing reactor lines and open up new fields of application such as process heat, drinking water production from seawater and hydrogen production. (...) In Germany, around 6.000 employees work in this field (energy technology, RB) for the AREVA Group, of which around 3.000 work for Framatome ANP...

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