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Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty
The last three German nuclear power plants have not increased, but have decreased. This is shown by an analysis published today. Almost a year ago, the last three nuclear power plants in Germany were shut down: Emsland (Lower Saxony), Neckarwestheim 2 (Baden-Württemberg) and Isar 2 (Bavaria). These recently supplied around six percent of the electricity consumed in Germany. The...
Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany
Damage to a water pump was discovered and repaired in Doel-4, an incident that was assessed as an INES level 2 incident... Sabotage In August 2014, Doel-4 was shut down due to sabotage. A steam turbine in the non-nuclear portion of the unit overheated and automatically shut down after one or more people leaked approximately 65.000 liters of turbine oil. The...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
and the Pacific Ocean. This must be kept in mind in order to be able to assess the degree of irresponsibility of the Japanese government in its decision to bring nuclear power plants that were shut down after the GAU back online despite the resistance of the population. * March 11, 1958 (Broken Arrow) B-47 Mars Bluff, USA 1958 Mars Bluff B-47 nuclear weapon loss incident On March 11, 1958...
Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant will not produce electricity for over a month due to maintenance Helsinki - Finland's Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant will be shut down for more than a month and will not produce any electricity during this time. As the company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) reports, the reactor will be separated from electricity production on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The duration of...
According to the Federal Government in 1994, due to the accidents, "a large part of the plant and the reactor building was contaminated." The reactor was shut down forever on the day of the big accident in 1977... February 21st Hydrogen | Lingen site Lingen becomes central hydrogen production site - green light for pipeline between Emsland and Ruhr area [...] The previous...
France's power plants and as can be continuously observed, the reliability of this old fleet is decreasing more and more. In Chinon, after the emergency shutdown of Unit 3, Unit 4 also had to be shut down, meaning that only one of the four reactor blocks is currently online because another one had already been shut down for inspection. It is becoming increasingly clear that nuclear power is a declining...
the protracted political unrest in nuclear-armed Pakistan, which has shone a spotlight on the powerful military's influence on civilian politics... * Russia | RBMK reactor | switched off | Kursk Nuclear Power Plant The second unit of the Kursk I nuclear power plant was shut down after 45 years of operation On January 31 at 04:01 a.m. Moscow time, the second unit of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, a...
on small, modular reactors. Investments are also being made in new fuels - in order to force Russia out of the market. Britain's nuclear power plants are old and most are scheduled to be shut down by 2028. Nevertheless, people in London see no reason to forego nuclear energy. On the contrary: small, modular reactors should go into operation in around 10 years. The role of modular...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
The state government publishes the application for the expansion of the fuel element factory in Lingen. Rosatom is involved. BERLIN taz | Although the last nuclear power plants in Germany were shut down in 2023, one sector of the nuclear industry is booming: the production of nuclear fuel elements. In Lingen, Lower Saxony, the fuel element factory run by Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH wants to...
the energy industry on the Iberian Peninsula continues to advance. The Spanish government has now confirmed the phase-out of nuclear energy. From 2027, the operating nuclear power plants will be shut down. Instead, Spain wants to establish an electricity system made up of 2050 percent renewable energy by 100. Spain still operates seven nuclear power plants – shutdown plan starts from...
New high point in 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...
have? The world's fossil energy can be understood as a huge legacy... * December 2, 2009 (INES 2) Cruas, FRA Vegetation blocked the inlet of the cooling system, the system had to be shut down and repaired. (Costs approx. 4 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia fr Centrale nucléaire de Cruas On December 2nd, leaves and other things collected in Unit 4 of the Cruas NPP...
– for now. Because if parts of the federal FDP had their way, the nuclear phase-out would probably be reversed. Even if the Liberals managed to force the restart of seven shutdown reactors, they would face huge problems - the taxpayer would be asked to pay in the long run. Because when it comes to nuclear power, state-owned companies all over the world are now on their own. In the...
end the planned “Carbon Free Power Project”. [...] There are currently 415 nuclear reactors in operation worldwide, but according to DIW it is expected that half of them will be shut down by 2030 for reasons of age. If the new nuclear power plant construction rate increases by 59 percent, as in the optimistic scenario of the IPCC special report on the 1,5 degree limit from 2018, more...
Balakovo_(Russia) On the night of November 3rd to 4th, 2004, an incident occurred due to a malfunction in a turbine, as a result of which the Balakovo-2 reactor was automatically shut down. There is said to be no damage to the reactor. However, because of contradictory news, there was great concern among the population: "For fear of radioactive contamination of the surrounding area...
according to a statement from the operator NEK. In the first week of October, a leak was discovered in the primary circuit of Slovenia's only nuclear power plant, which was then shut down so that inspectors could locate the leak. A few days later the time had come and it was clear that the repair could take several weeks. The...
Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism
Version) * October 19, 1989 (INES 3) Vandellòs-1 nuclear power plant, ESP The safety systems were severely damaged in a fire at the Vandellòs nuclear power plant. Vandellòs 1 was then permanently shut down. (Costs approximately US$931 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Vandellós (Spain) Two reactors originally supplied electricity at the site. Vandellós-1 was a gas-cooled,...
will once again have to prepare for many victims and severe destruction. However, Hamas has priced them in... * Slovenia | Leak | Krško nuclear power plant Krško is temporarily shut down - leak in the primary system The operator of Slovenia's only nuclear power plant is looking for a leak. To do this, the nuclear power plant must be shut down. The Slovenian nuclear power plant Krško will...
as they did before - unprotected... * September 26, 2013 (INES 2) Institute for Energy Petten, NLD Three out of six control rods had defects, the research reactor had to remain shut down for 5 months. (Costs?) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Institute for Energy As part of the EURATOM Treaty, the Netherlands and the then EURATOM Commission concluded the contract for...
Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread
the conservative-liberal Venstre party. Germany is lagging behind The coal-fired power plant in the port, which has previously provided district heating for Denmark's seventh largest city, will soon be shut down. District heating for the city is then primarily provided by the pump. The large heat pumps from the Augsburg company MAN are in demand all over the world, including New Zealand and the USA. But in Germany...
