1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - News+ April 21st - Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    britische Umweltbehörde (EA) hat sich schriftlich an das Endlager für schwachaktive Abfälle Drigg (LLWR) in Cumbria gewandt und ihre Besorgnis über Verzögerungen bei der Sicherung der Abfälle am Standort zum Ausdruck gebracht, wie die BBC berichtet. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), der Betreiber von Drigg, erklärte, die Verzögerungen hätten keine Auswirkungen auf die Umgebung und man habe sich die...

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

    The incident was classified by the IAEA as a serious accident of INES level 3... There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent nuclear fuel can be processed using a complex chemical process ( PUREX) separate from each other. Separated uranium and plutonium can...

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

    MW (6 GW) as part of its growing global portfolio of projects with a capacity of over 30.000 MW (30 GW) in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. The locations for the planned offshore wind farms in Brazil, each expected to have a capacity of approximately 1.200 MW (1,2 GW), are located in the northeast, southeast and south of Brazil... *...

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

    leading German solar production. But politicians like the district administrator in the Central Saxony district, Dirk Neubauer, and experts from the industry do not want to give up hope that Germany as a location can hold its own against the currently overwhelming competition from China. A new initiative should even make it possible to resume production in Freiberg... April 1st...

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    3 wobbles Actually, the reactor in Flamanville, which has been delayed by twelve years, should now be loaded with fuel. This has now been delayed for weeks. The new EPR reactor at the Flamanville nuclear power plant on the French Channel coast will not be loaded with fuel as planned this month. The French nuclear regulator ASN announced another public...

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

    If we want to stabilize at all, we have to achieve structural change. This is not a debate about renunciation, but a debate about structural change."... * Würgassen | Battery storage Former Würgassen nuclear power plant site will become battery storage One of the largest battery storage systems in Germany is to be built not far from the former Würgassen nuclear power plant. Its capacity will be 280 megawatt hours ...

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

    RWE. Because wholesale prices have now fallen significantly again. “I think we were all surprised at how quickly electricity prices fell. Which is of course good for the location,” said the CEO. For RWE, on the other hand, less: Because the electricity generated is sold cheaper, the net profit this year will probably only be half as high. But...

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

    Fuel cells in seconds and completely automated... * Fukushima | Pacific | Radiation exposure | GRS 13th anniversary of Fukushima: an overview of the current work at the site On March 11, 2011, the worst reactor disaster since Chernobyl occurred in Japan as a result of the Tohoku earthquake and the resulting tsunami: Units 1 to 4 of the nuclear power plant (NPP) ...

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

    According to the FORUM Together against the interim storage facility and for a responsible energy policy, however, it is “misguided”. In order to get an idea of ​​the knowledge and attitudes of citizens in their locations, the independent institute aproxima Society for Market and Social Research Weimar surveyed a total of 3.500 citizens within a radius of 25 kilometers around the...

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

    in the beer tent. That only benefits the AfD. Even in the analysis, the parties are far apart. The Union and FDP believe that Germany primarily has a “competition problem” and that the “location is in danger”. However, the numbers don't show that. In 2023, the Federal Republic recorded a whopping export surplus of 4,1 percent of economic output, which amounts to around 200 billion...

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

    was not secured, in the worst case it could have led to a core meltdown in both blocks... Nuclear power plantsPlag Tricastin_(France) Old reactors on the Rhône from 1980/81 The Tricastin site is always due to a long list of breakdowns and accidents, especially in 2008 hit the headlines again. The facility is located in the Drôme department in southern France...

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

    from RWE Power in the city council. The local newspaper spoke of an “important sign” from Framatome/ANF that the fuel element factory was not a “foreign body” in Lingen, but rather good for Lingen as a business location. Unfortunately, the nuclear lobby is still very strong locally and is also dangerously naive when it comes to dealing with the Kremlin nuclear company. The majority of the council believes that this will all work out...

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

    described in more detail... See the EU study from 2001 on pages 112 and 113. There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be converted into a complex chemical process Separate processes (PUREX) from each other. Separated uranium and plutonium can...

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

    Eco Watchdogs (This domain will no longer be accessible in 2023.) Historical Doses To The Public from Routine and Accidental Releases of Tritium During its fifty-three years of operation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Livermore site released an estimated 29.300 TBq of tritium into the atmosphere; About 75% of it was accidentally discovered as gaseous in 1965 and 1970...

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

    with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Nuclear Power PlantsPlag There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - facilities and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be analyzed using a complex chemical process ( PUREX) separate from each other. Separated uranium and plutonium can then...

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

    the closure of Unit 1 of the Almaraz nuclear power plant (1.049 MW gross output) in November 2027, with Unit 2 to follow in October 2028. The further closures affect the two nuclear power plants at the Asco site in eastern Spain, each with a gross output of just over 1.000 MW. This is followed by the Cofrentes nuclear power plants (1.100 MW), block 2 of the Vandellos nuclear power plant (1.087 MW) and finally the youngest nuclear power plant...

  17. 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”

    continue to build modern nuclear power plants. The new plant is located in Somerset, close to the older Hinkley Point A and B nuclear power stations. The idea for a third plant at this site arose in the 1980s, but various political and economic factors delayed construction until the 21st century. Now, according to the news site Bloomberg,...

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

    Version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Sellafield (formerly_Windscale), Great Britain There are comparable nuclear factories all over the world: Uranium enrichment and reprocessing - plants and locations During reprocessing, the inventory of spent fuel elements can be separated from each other in a complex chemical process (PUREX). Separated uranium and plutonium can then...

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

    Waste disposal commission (ESK) issued a statement in August. In doing so, she qualified the safety criteria she had set herself for such a construction project in various points, so that the BGZ's location decision for Würgassen could continue to be adhered to. However, with regard to transport logistics, the ESK considered it necessary, which was criticized in the Regio-Consult report...

  20. THTR Circular No. 156, December 2023

    business delegation that had ever visited Namibia. The Green politician signed the declaration of intent for the construction of “one of the world’s largest green hydrogen plants”. The location for this will be Lüderitz and the surrounding area. Habeck told the German-language Namibian "Allgemeine(n) Zeitung" (AZ): "The focus is that we - if desired - support Namibia, clean,...

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