1. Newsletter XIII 2024 - News+ March 24th - Protest at the first nuclear summit in Brussels against the IAEA's “nuclear fantasies”.

    Angelika Claussen. This connection is also clearly visible in a statement from the French Ministry of Defense. In the future, two reactors at the Civaux nuclear power plant will produce not only electricity but also tritium for military purposes. Tritium is used as a fuel for nuclear weapons. Dr. Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy and Nuclear Security under Barack Obama, attends the IAEA...

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

    The grassroots organization Sierra Club Canada protested against the extension in 2013 and called for the nuclear power plant to be shut down immediately due to aging, increasing radiation and increasing release of tritium. In June 2010, unexpected beta-gamma radiation from reactors 5 to 8 was released into water. On March 14, 2011, 73.000 liters of water flowed...

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

    the investigation in a three-year large-scale project at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) in Heidelberg... * February 1, 2010 (INES Klass.?) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, USA Tritium and cesium had leaked from the nuclear power plant; These leaks and the associated costs ultimately led to the plant being shut down. (Cost approximately US$821 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia...

  4. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    Explosives and led to the widespread contamination of around 7,68 km² of the surrounding area with around ten terabecquerels of radioactive plutonium (tera = trillion) as well as uranium, americium and tritium... Wikipedia Crash of a B-52 near Thule Air Base 1968 The crash a B-52 near Thule Air Base happened on January 21, 1968... Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) History In...

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

    the civilian population, said a statement from the Mexican Foreign Ministry. * January 20, 1965 (INES 4 | NAMS 3,7) LLNL, Livermore, USA About 259 TBq were released from the chimney of the tritium plant in 1965. This accident was kept secret for years, during which time the population grew and built houses on contaminated soil. (Costs approximately US$6,1 million) Nuclear Power...

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

    In Fukushima, which is still not over, the cost is estimated at $250 billion to $700 billion, depending on how certain types of waste are treated, whether tritium is extracted from contaminated water, and other issues. Nobody knows the exact amount, but everyone knows: we're talking hundreds of billions of dollars. An insurance company won't...

  7. 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”

    The grassroots organization Sierra Club Canada protested against the extension in 2013 and called for the nuclear power plant to be shut down immediately due to aging, increasing radiation and increasing release of tritium. In June 2010, unexpected beta-gamma radiation from reactors 5 to 8 was released into water. On March 17, 2011, 73.000 liters of water flowed...

  8. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    are often underestimated. The result is not only poorer general climate education, but also lower support for climate protection... August 22nd Fukushima | Tritium | radioactive water After the meltdown in Fukushima: Japan discharges radioactive wastewater into the sea. Nuclear energy Japan wants to discharge 30 liters of radioactive water into the sea every day for 40 to 500.000 years. The...

  9. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    were immediately repackaged in securely closed containers," it said... * August 4, 2005 (INES? Class?) Indian Point, USA Tritium and strontium leaked from the Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson River between 1974 and 2005. Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Akw Indian Point (USA) Nuclear power plant near New York The Indian Point nuclear power plant is considered particularly dangerous because it is only 56 kilometers...

  10. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Great Britain The operator Sellafield Ltd. admits that parts of the subsoil at Sellafield are contaminated with radioactive substances such as cesium-137, technetium-99, strontium-90, iodine-129, tritium, carbon-14, plutonium and uranium. It is estimated that the contamination affects nine to 13 million cubic meters. "Children and young people from Sellafield are ten times more likely to develop...

  11. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Explosives and led to the widespread contamination of around 7,68 km² of the surrounding area with around ten terabecquerels of radioactive plutonium (tera = trillion) as well as uranium, americium and tritium... Wikipedia Crash of a B-52 near Thule Air Base 1968 The crash a B-52 near Thule Air Base happened on January 21, 1968... Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) History In...

  12. 1970 to 1979 - INES, NAMS and other events

    which was only assigned to the then lowest category C, led to high levels of contamination of the cooling circuit and the soil and groundwater under the reactor with strontium-90 and tritium. Critics of the pebble bed reactor concept assume that the classification of this event, which is far too favorable from today's perspective, as being insignificant in terms of safety, served to...

  13. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    The grassroots organization Sierra Club Canada protested against the extension in 2013 and called for the nuclear power plant to be shut down immediately due to aging, increasing radiation and increasing release of tritium. In June 2010, unexpected beta-gamma radiation from reactors 5 to 8 was released into water. On March 14, 2011, 73.000 liters of water flowed...

  14. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    The grassroots organization Sierra Club Canada protested against the extension in 2013 and called for the nuclear power plant to be shut down immediately due to aging, increasing radiation and increasing release of tritium. In June 2010, unexpected beta-gamma radiation from reactors 5 to 8 was released into water. On March 17, 2011, 73.000 liters of water flowed...

  15. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    A poor safety control culture poses a great danger to the population in Sweden and its neighboring countries... June 16, 2005 (INES Klass.?) Braidwood nuclear power plant, IL, USA Millions of liters of tritium-contaminated water were released from the spring of 1996 to March 2006 Nuclear power plant released and contaminated the local water supply (cost approximately US$48 million) Nuclear Power...

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

    Great Britain The operator Sellafield Ltd. admits that parts of the subsoil at Sellafield are contaminated with radioactive substances such as cesium-137, technetium-99, strontium-90, iodine-129, tritium, carbon-14, plutonium and uranium. It is estimated that the contamination affects nine to 13 million cubic meters. "Children and young people from Sellafield are ten times more likely to develop...

  17. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    In California, temperatures rose to up to 49 degrees. Likewise in Mexico, Canada and North Africa. Scientists blame climate change, but also El Niño... * China | Tritium | Japan wants to ban food imports from Japan because of plans for nuclear power plant wastewater. Japan is allowed to discharge radioactively contaminated cooling water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea....

  18. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    Greenpeace, ATTAC and the Hambi Camp 2.0 are there to support and help shape our camp... * June 23, 2012 (INES 1 class?) Rajasthan, IND In the Rajasthan nuclear power plant, 34 workers were contaminated with tritium. Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Akw Rajasthan (India) 5 active heavy water reactors (Rajasthan-2 to -6) • Power: 200 MW/220 MW/220 MW/220 MW/220 MW • Type: 5 x horizontal...

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

    Comparison. In it, Monsanto committed itself to no longer making unproven claims about the safety of Roundup... * June 16, 2005 (INES Class?) Braidwood, USA Millions of liters of tritium-contaminated water were released from the nuclear power plant from spring 1996 to March 2006 released and contaminated the local water supply. (Costs approximately US$48 million) Nuclear Power...

  20. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    Carbon dioxide remains in gaseous form underground - the risk of CO2 escaping again can practically be ruled out... * China punishes food imports from contaminated areas | Tritium water from Fukushima Sales of food from radioactive regions in Japan will be punished From the beginning of the year, food from 10 Japanese prefectures will not be allowed in China...

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