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

    thermische Oxide (Thorp) in Sellafield ausgetreten. (Kosten ca. 76 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Dieser Störfall ist der einzige Störfall in Sellafield nach Windscale 1957, der noch in Wikipedia de zu finden ist. Wikipedia de Sellafield# Zwischenfälle Im April 2005 wurde in Sellafield ein Leck entdeckt, durch das etwa 83.000 Liter radioaktive Flüssigkeit, bestehend aus Salpetersäure,...

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

    der Nacht vom 11. auf den 12. April 1970 im Golf von Biskaya, 52 Seeleute starben. Seither liegen 2 Atomreaktoren und ca. 20 Nukleartorpedos in 4300 m Tiefe... (Kosten ?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de K-8 (U-Boot) Das K-8 war ein Atom-U-Boot der sowjetischen Marine aus der Zeit des Kalten Krieges. Es war das zweite Atom-U-Boot, dessen Bau die Sowjetunion unter der Bezeichnung Projekt 627A...

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

    wurden. "Am 1. November unterschrieb der Vizechef der Atomaufsicht, Jurij Subkow, den Bericht, von dem es nur fünf Exemplare gibt. Sie verschwanden in den Schubladen der staatlichen Atommafia... Wikipedia de Kerntechnische Anlage Tomsk Am 6. April 1993 wurden in der Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage, die prioritär für die Produktion von waffenfähigem Plutonium genutzt wurde, durch eine Explosion große...

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    hielt dem enormen Druck stand, aber einige Tage lang entwichen große Mengen radioaktiver Partikel in die Atmosphäre und kontaminierten die Umgebung in Form von radioaktivem Niederschlag... Wikipedia Reaktorunfall_im_Kernkraftwerk_Three_Mile_Island Reaktorunfall im Kernkraftwerk Three Mile Island Der Reaktorunfall im Kernkraftwerk Three Mile Island bei Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) in den USA am 28....

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

    wurden bereits Mitte der 1950er Jahre in der National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) getestet. Neben Schiffs- und U-Boot-Reaktoren hätte das Militär auch gerne Flugzeuge mit Atomantrieb gehabt. Wikipedia de Idaho National Laboratory Mitte der 1950er Jahre begann die Entwicklung von Nuklearantrieben für Flugzeuge (Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion – ANP): Dazu wurden drei Prototypen luftgekühlter...

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

    and regulators described the risks as “negligible”. In January 2012, according to the Sierra Club, contaminated water leaked from the "broken" reactor 4... Wikipedia en Pickering Incidents On March 14, 2011, 73 cubic meters of demineralized water leaked into Lake Ontario due to a broken pump seal... Nuclear power accidents by country#Canada Page No....

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

    3) Davis Besse nuclear power plant, USA Severe corrosion of the control rod drives in the reactor head forces the Davis-Besse reactor to be shut down for 24 months. (Costs approx. 167 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant#Incidents In March 2002, during a long-delayed inspection, it was discovered that boric acid was present near a control rod bushing on the cover of the...

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

    had initially classified the incident as INES level 0, but Bulgarian security authorities eventually allowed it to be classified as INES level 2. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant#Incidents On March 1, 2006, one of four main coolant pumps in unit 5 failed, which is why the output was reduced by 6% by retracting a group of 30 control rods...

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

    150 caused severe corrosion and released radioactivity in the plant area, requiring complete shutdown. (Costs approx. 1965 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant On February 22, 1977, the plant was seriously damaged while being refilled with fuel rods: In the accident, forgotten remnants of the packaging...

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

    Safety analysts... * February 16, 2011 (INES 2) Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant, FRA The failure of the emergency diesel generator was discovered during one of the regular tests. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Nuclear Power Plant_Tricastin On February 16, 2011, it was found that in more than half of the emergency diesel generators in units 3 and 4, some individual parts that had been replaced two years earlier...

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

    announced on Thursday. Global temperatures in January 2024 were higher than ever before this month since records began... * February 8, 2004 (INES 0) Biblis Nuclear Power Plant, DEU Wikipedia Nuclear Power Plant_Biblis During full-load operation, safety-related equipment was affected due to insecure coverage a weather-related short circuit outside the...

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

    The nuclear power plant had leaked tritium and cesium; These leaks and the associated costs ultimately led to the plant being shut down. (Cost approximately US$821 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Nuclear Power Plant_Vermont_Yankee In February 2010, traces of 137Cs were found on the site of the nuclear power plant, the concentration of which, according to the Vermont government, was three to...

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

    and safety valves failed after improper installation of capacitors, forcing a two-month shutdown. (Costs approximately US$119 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant On January 21, 2002, incorrect installation of capacitors caused errors in the control system and safety valves. The costs of the incident will be...

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

    linked to the 1970 accident as far away as Fresno, about 200 miles southeast. Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Wikipedia de Unfortunately, the German Wikipedia does not contain any information about the accidents from 1965 and 1970. Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory Wikipedia en Also in the English...

  15. 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

    There are still fuel rods surrounded by porous casings in the containment. Therefore, this water contains the entire range of radioactive isotopes that were created there during operation... Wikipedia Gundremmingen nuclear power plant... Initially it was said that the reactor would be able to go back into operation in a few weeks. After the incident, the operators expected the...

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

    act or are scheduled to act as speakers. There is also a call from the new right-wing initiative "One Percent"... * January 6, 2016 (North Korea's 4th nuclear weapons test) Punggye-ri, PRK Wikipedia North Korean nuclear weapons program On January 6, 2016, the government of North Korea announced that for the first time a A successful test of a hydrogen bomb was carried out. From Chinese and...

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

    to stay, it goes on to say. “The Founders of the Constitution did not intend such an outcome and would never have approved of it. * December 31, 1978 (INES 4) Beloyarsk nuclear power plant, USSR, Rus Wikipedia Beloyarsk nuclear power plant # Incidents Unit 2 On 30/31. In December 1978 the temperature in the area fell to −50 °C. On the following New Year's Eve, the low...

  18. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    February 4, 2021 - Study: Nuclear power is not sustainable and does not help with climate change The search engine Ecosia is planting trees! Search word = climate change https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=climate change Wikipedia climate change Climate change, also climate change, climate change or climate change, is a globally occurring change in the climate on Earth or Earth-like planets or moons that...

  19. 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 climax of the series of breakdowns in nuclear reactors Brokdorf was operated without functioning emergency generators, in Biblis specially developed protective circuits failed - the reactor is switched off... Wikipedia Biblis nuclear power plant When the reactor was started up, a valve got stuck that has to shut off a connecting line to the reactor circuit, which is under 150 times atmospheric pressure, and stayed open...

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

    A fire broke out in building B247. (Cost approximately US$1300 million) Nuclear Power Accidents This incident, as well as several other releases of radioactivity, can no longer be found on Wikipedia. Wikipedia Sellafield#Incidents Radiological releases Between 1950 and 2000 there were 21 serious incidents or accidents involving radiological releases outside the...