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

    The THTR newsletter Newsletter the nuclear industry. Some of the events were never released through official channels, so this information...

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

    von knapp 1700 Ärzten und Förderern unterzeichnet. Sie beziehen sich dabei auf das von Russland okkupierte ukrainische Atomkraftwerk Saporischschja, in dem es durch einen länger dauernden Stromausfall zu einer Kernschmelze kommen könne. Beispielsweise sei im Dezember 2023 dort die Stromversorgung ausgefallen. [...] Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 3,2 auf der Richterskala in Südböhmen veranlasste...

  3. 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

    Newsletter II 2024 January 7th to 13th *** 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...

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

    According to the former IE director Frans Saris, on November 16, 2001, there was an officially concealed accident at the High Flux Reactor (station blackout = total power failure), in which a core meltdown was just on the verge of occurring. Due to a failure of the external power supply, the pumps that are used to cool the reactor were suddenly without power. Thereafter...

  5. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Newsletter XXXIX 2023 September 24th to 30th *** 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 list of known incidents from the various areas of civil and military nuclear power industry . Some of this information only reached the public in a roundabout way...

  6. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    the staff could not clearly see the reactor data. "For example, the water level in the reactor fell significantly due to the rapid shutdown, but the exact level remained unclear due to the power outage." According to the former chief designer of the nuclear power plant, Höglund, we were only 20 minutes away from a catastrophe caused by a core meltdown... The accident was classified as an INES level 2 accident...

  7. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    the staff could not clearly see the reactor data. "For example, the water level in the reactor fell significantly due to the rapid shutdown, but the exact level remained unclear due to the power outage." According to the former chief designer of the nuclear power plant, Höglund, we were only 20 minutes away from a catastrophe caused by a core meltdown... The accident was classified as an INES level 2 accident...

  8. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    Newsletter XXVIII 2023 July 9th to 15th *** 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...

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

    getting bigger because the cracks in the French reactors also got bigger. But the climate catastrophe, with a very mild winter, ultimately prevented a power outage in France, which the government had also feared. But the neoliberals from the FDP don't want to admit defeat because they want to continue to help their French neighbors in an emergency....

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

    Giegold demanded that coalition partners be convinced that such measures would be taken... * Argentina | Atucha | Large central power plants 20 million people temporarily without electricity A power outage has brought life to a standstill in large parts of Argentina. Up to 20 million people were temporarily without public electricity and - in record temperatures - without...

  11. Newsletter VIII 2023 - February 19th to 25th - News+ Mönch von Lützerath: Sympathetic figures of the climate movement

    Newsletter VIII 2023 February 19th to 25th *** 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 list of accidents and releases of radioactivity. Some of this information was only made public under the most difficult conditions. As new information emerges,...

  12. Newsletter VII 2023 - February 12th to 18th - News+ Buzzword climate neutrality, saviors of the fossil lobby and the talk of alarmism

    Newsletter VII 2023 February 12th to 18th *** 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 list of accidents and releases of radioactivity. Some of this information was only made public under the most difficult conditions. As new information emerges,...

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

    should not be properly controlled. Greenpeace therefore fears “the risk of non-compliant parts”... * Pakistan | Power grid | Blackout Failed energy saving measure Nationwide power outage in Pakistan The power went out throughout Pakistan on Monday morning. It could take up to XNUMX hours for power to be available again, according to the country's energy ministry. Background...

  14. Newsletter LI 2022 - December 20th to 25th - News+ One UN for all

    Newsletter LI 2022 December 20th to 25th *** 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...

  15. Newsletter L 2022 - December 15th to 19th - News+ Criminalization of activists of the last generation

    of the National Nuclear Security Administration and is used primarily to simulate nuclear weapon explosions... *** December 16 Energy Crisis | Flamanville | Mochovce | Olkiluoto Power outage: Nuclear power plants are not helping the EU out of the energy crisis The use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades, not least because of the energy crisis in the individual...

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

    Newsletter LII 2022 December 26th to 31st *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + 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...

  17. Newsletter XLVI 2022 - November 16th to 23rd - News+ Now only the wisdom of the Peace of Westphalia can help

    with. The reactors were put into emergency mode after disruptions to the country's energy system. Several units of the southern Ukraine nuclear power plant have also been shut down due to the power outage. The reason for this is the Russian air strikes on large parts of Ukraine. Everything is fine with the power plant, says a spokesman for Energoatom. Electricity is not generated. In addition...

  18. Newsletter XLI 2022 - October 16th to 22nd - News+ The "Friends of MIK" in AFD, CDU/CSU and FDP are ready to fight for the nuclear industry until democracy is over

    be switched off. This is the first time that the Greens have deviated from their fundamental rejection of nuclear power, which was established when they were founded 42 years ago... * Blackout | Power grid | Power outage Defect in switchgear Gaggenau has power again after an hour-long blackout Since shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, Gaggenau and its districts were without power for several hours. Reason was...

  19. Newsletter XXXIX 2022 - October 01st to 08th - News+ Belgium shows problems with extending the runtimes of nuclear power plants

    Investing in lobbying, they have since contributed to the fact that the dependence on fossil fuels continues to increase due to fear of loss of profits... * Blackout | Power outage | Energy market This is what experts say: Is there really a risk of a blackout in winter? There is a crisis on the energy market, and now the Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2 gas pipelines are damaged...

  20. Newsletter XXXV 2022 - September 01st to 08th - News+ No nuclear power plant runtime extensions!

    despite corrosion damage and despite a lack of water. There, too, not a word about the expansion of renewables as the only real alternative. 2. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is once again threatened with a complete power outage because most of the lines have been destroyed and now only one reactor is working sporadically. This can still lead to a nuclear catastrophe at any time (!). Therefore: No matter how difficult it is...

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