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

    | Atomstrom | Milliardengewinne Profiteur der Energiekrise Warum RWE Milliardengewinne einstreicht Beim Energiekonzern RWE ist der Gewinn im vergangenen Jahr fast eine Milliarde Euro höher ausgefallen als erwartet - auch wegen hoher Strompreise. Allerdings wird es mit dem Geschäft so wohl nicht weitergehen. Es waren durchaus ungewöhnliche Worte, die der Chef des Energiekonzerns RWE, Markus...

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

    hat. Aber zurück zur Frage: Falls es wider Erwarten doch mal kurz dunkel wird, wie sind Sie vorbereitet? Kerzen griffbereit, Taschenlampe in der Küchenschublade? Wie auch immer Ihre Antwort ausgefallen sein sollte, sie war wohl nicht: »In meinem Keller läuft zur Sicherheit das ganze Jahr ein Dieselgenerator.« Das wäre ja widersinnig, lästig und teuer. Eher wie die Taschenlampe Und doch...

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

    als Waffe Gazakrieg: Israel verbirgt Angriffe hinter Kommunikationssperren. Neue Klagen eingereicht Am siebten Tag in Folge sind auch am Freitag Telefon- und Internetverbindungen in Gaza ausgefallen. Der Blackout wird von Israel verursacht. Seit Beginn des Krieges am 7. Oktober 2023 schneidet Israel vor besonders schweren Angriffen den palästinensischen Küstenstreifen von allen...

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

    Blayais, FRA Ein Sturm überflutete den Atomreaktor Blayais-2 und erzwang eine Notabschaltung, nachdem Einspritzpumpen und Sicherheitssysteme des Sicherheitsbehälters aufgrund von Wasserschäden ausgefallen waren. (Kosten ca. 63 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia Kernkraftwerk Blayais Sicherheit - Hochwasser Der Orkan Martin verursachte am Abend des 27. Dezember 1999 starke...

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

    faced a meltdown. Due to a failure of the external power supply, the pumps that are used to cool the reactor were suddenly without power. Afterwards, the emergency power supply also failed, and the operators had great difficulty opening a valve that is used for passive emergency cooling due to the insufficient power supply... Nuclear power plantsPlag Netherlands...

  6. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    die diese Politik rechtfertigen." * 17. Oktober 1969 (INES 4) Akw Saint-Laurent, FRA Mehr als 50 Kilogramm Uranbrennstoff im Akw Saint-Laurent begannen zu schmelzen, nachdem die Kühlsysteme ausgefallen waren. Die Anlage musste abgeschaltet und repariert werden. Die Reparatur des Reaktors dauerte ein Jahr. (Kosten ca. 541,4 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents AtomkraftwerkePlag Saint-Laurent...

  7. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    Libyan rescue workers have published. The images make the disasters and conflicts in war-torn Libya of the past twelve years appear almost harmless. Because the telephone and electricity were out, the extent of the inferno was only slowly becoming known to the world. One thing is already certain: Thousands of people have died as a result of the floods in eastern Libya...

  8. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    | 1959-1950 | 1949-1940 | Previously 1969 October 17, 1969 (INES 4) Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant, FRA More than 50 kilograms of uranium fuel at the Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant began melting after the cooling systems failed. The system had to be shut down and repaired. Repairing the reactor took a year. (Cost approximately US$541,4 million) Nuclear Power Accidents Nuclear power plantsPlag Saint-Laurent...

  9. 1990 to 1999 - INES, NAMS and other events

    Blayais, FRA Ein Sturm überflutete den Atomreaktor Blayais-2 und erzwang eine Notabschaltung, nachdem Einspritzpumpen und Sicherheitssysteme des Sicherheitsbehälters aufgrund von Wasserschäden ausgefallen waren. (Kosten 63 Millionen US$) Nuclear Power Accidents Wikipedia de Kernkraftwerk Blayais Sicherheit - Hochwasser Der Orkan Martin verursachte am Abend des 27. Dezember 1999 starke...

  10. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    to be provided. However, two of the four generators were unable to feed into the emergency power grid because they remained electrically connected to the 500 V line, which had failed. In addition, the power supply for some of the measuring devices in the control room failed... Nuclear power plantsPlag Forsmark (Sweden) On July 25, 2006, Sweden apparently narrowly escaped a nuclear...

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

    to be provided. However, two of the four generators were unable to feed into the emergency power grid because they remained electrically connected to the 500 V line, which had failed. In addition, the power supply for some of the measuring devices in the control room failed... Nuclear power plantsPlag Forsmark (Sweden) On July 25, 2006, Sweden apparently narrowly escaped a nuclear...

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

    Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernkraftwerk_Tihange * June 18, 1982 (INES Klass.?) Oconee, USA The feedwater heat extraction line in the Oconee 2 pressurized water reactor had failed and damaged the thermal cooling system. (Costs approx. 12 million US$) Nuclear Power Accidents * June 18, 1978 (INES Klass.?) Brunsbüttel, DEU Nuclear power plantsPlag Brunsbüttel_(Schleswig-Holstein) On the 18th...

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

    public electricity and - in record temperatures - without functioning air conditioning. After a fire on a high-voltage power line in Argentina, power went out in millions of households. According to the authorities, several provinces were affected on Wednesday afternoon and evening. As the newspaper "La Nación" reported, citing the government of the South American country,...

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

    «the risk of non-conforming 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. The reason for the failure is said to be fluctuations in the power grid. Islamabad. In wide...

  15. Newsletter I 2023 - January 1st to 7th - News+ Where Are the Peacemakers?

    increased by 2021 percent compared to 51,1, the Federal Network Agency announced on January 4, 2023. However, at 2,88 billion euros, the export surplus was two and a half times as high as in 2021 because wholesale prices rose accordingly. Electricity consumption, measured in terms of network load (net electricity), fell by 2022 percent to 4,0 terawatt hours (TWh) in 484,2. The...

  16. Newsletter XLVIII 2022 - December 01st to 07th - News+ The New York Times and the new climate deniers

    lose the war and Putin should be shrunk! To achieve this, the fighting should continue, if necessary down to the last Ukrainian. * Belgium | Tihange | Security of supply Reactor at Tihange nuclear power plant failed, but power supply not at risk Reactor 1 at the Tihange nuclear power plant in the province of Liège failed unexpectedly on Sunday morning, as operator Engie Electrabel confirmed. Short...

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

    war | Ukraine Nuclear power plants taken off the grid Nuclear power plants taken off the grid As a result of the Russian air strikes, several nuclear power plants in Ukraine were taken off the grid. The water supply has failed in Kyiv. Several nuclear power plants taken off the grid The Rivne nuclear power plant in northwestern Ukraine was taken off the grid. This is announced by the state nuclear power plant operator Energoatom. The reactors were damaged after...

  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

    ... * France | Saint-Laurent October 17, 1969 (INES 4) Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power Plant, FRA More than 50 kilograms of uranium fuel at the Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant began melting after the cooling systems failed. The system had to be shut down and repaired. Repairing the reactor took a year. Nuclear Power Accidents.pdf - Nuclear Power PlantsPlag Saint-Laurent (France) 1980: Partial...

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

    Extension operations should continue to produce electricity. There is a lot to be said for this at the moment, said Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) recently. European electricity production is not sufficiently secured due to failed nuclear power plants in France... * Climate change | Growth 40 years of “Terra-X” Science journalist Harald Lesch: “People didn’t understand how dramatic climate change...

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

    | Brennelemente lager | Sicherheit Es wird sehr ernst im Atomkraftwerk Saporischschja Nach einem Beschuss wurde auch der sechste Meiler heruntergefahren, da die letzte Hauptstromleitung ausgefallen ist. Gekühlt wird nun allein über Notstromaggregate.... Die wohl größte Gefahr auf dem Gelände geht derzeit von abgebrannten Brennelementen aus, die noch nicht für eine Trockenlagerung geeignet sind....

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