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

    "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not "radioactively contaminated." Due to an operating error, a cable network caught fire. All protective systems failed: the emergency power supply, the emergency cooling system and the display devices in the control room. 11 pumps stopped running, and only because coincidentally the twelfth pump is connected to the power supply of the functional reactor 2...

  2. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not "radioactively contaminated." Due to an operating error, a cable network caught fire. All protective systems failed: the emergency power supply, the emergency cooling system and the display devices in the control room. 11 pumps stopped running, and only because coincidentally the twelfth pump is connected to the power supply of the functional reactor 2...

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

    was z. B. an emergency shutdown was triggered due to defects in fuel elements; There was damage of $26 million. On September 6, 1984, snow and storms caused the emergency power supply to fail. On October 3, 1987, leaking oil caused a fire in the turbine room and extensive damage. Dismal outcome Like other high-temperature reactors, Fort St. Vrain had a weak...

  4. Newsletter XLVIII 2022 - December 01st to 07th - News+ The New York Times and the new climate deniers

    "large parts of northern Germany, Denmark and Sweden" were not "radioactively contaminated." Due to an operating error, a cable network caught fire. All protective systems failed: the emergency power supply, the emergency cooling system and the display devices in the control room. 11 pumps stopped running, and only because coincidentally the twelfth pump is connected to the power supply of the functional reactor 2...

  5. Newsletter LII 2022 - December 26-31 - News+ Putin and Lavrov should have gone before the UN

    Then suddenly all communication channels fail, as does the water supply, and after a certain time also the food supply, the banks, the hospitals. And even an emergency power supply with diesel generators only delays failures for a few days. [...] Very few in Ukraine who supply themselves with electricity from renewable energies have electricity....

  6. Newsletter XXIV 2022 - June 10th to 17th - News+ Majority for nuclear weapons? – Now the peace movement speaks

    was z. B. an emergency shutdown was triggered due to defects in fuel elements; There was damage of $26 million. On September 6, 1984, snow and storms caused the emergency power supply to fail. On October 3, 1987, leaking oil caused a fire in the turbine room and major damage... ** June 12th Nuclear lobby | Nuclear power: Tough debate: Huber wants to extend the service life of nuclear power plants...

  7. Newsletter XIX 2022 - May 05th to 12th - News+ The economic consequences of the Ukraine war

    War in Ukraine and against the all too simple narrative * Ukraine War | Arms deliveries create peace – but how? 77 years of peace – what a gift! * Power outage | Emergency power supply | Blackout Comprehensive power outage and municipal emergency power supply Blackout prevention: municipal concepts are coming into focus again. Private consumers must take precautions themselves *...

  8. 1986 - Lothar Hahn on the subject of safety at HTR

    could have expanded. In addition to these two, which were described in more detail and became known to the public, there were a number of other safety-relevant events: Errors in the emergency power supply Malfunctions in the measuring technology and in the control devices The emergency cooling procedure NK 11 has already been triggered 45 times; This would mean the quota of 45 such emergency cooling shutdown procedures for...

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