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************************************************************ * NukeNews #11 - Proti-jedrski informacijski servis * ************************************************************ SORRY! Not all parts of this newsletter have been translated into Slovenian, as we didn't have enough translation support. Please help us to change this! Tell us if you can help with translation of the NukeNews into Slovenian! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Predgovor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Z 11. številko NukeNews smo žal precej pozni, a je obenem s 30 članki to druga najobsežnejša številka novic doslej. Smo blizu tretji obletnici začetka obstoja tega portala novic – neverjetno, če si predstavljamo, da NukeNews delujejo in bazirajo na prostovoljcih in brez proračunskih sredstev, vedno pa so izhajale bolj ali manj redno. Pred začetkom vzpostavitve tega portala, junija 2011, približno 3 mesece po katastrofi v Fukušimi, je projekt potreboval 3 leta od prvega poskusa do uradnega začetka. V tej izdaji predstavljamo novice, dogodke in podatke o akcijah aktivistov iz 10 držav po vsem svetu. Pokrivamo osnovne novice o vprašanjih varnosti pri ravnanju z jedrskimi odpadki, nekatere nedavne nesreče, projekte proti subvencijam EU za jedrsko energijo ter še več. Če imate prispevke za našo naslednjo številko, poglejte poglavje na koncu novic za informacije o rokih, obliki in kontaktu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Povzetek enajste izdaje NukeNews #11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Predgovor 1. Nemčija: pripor aktivistov, ki so blokirali prevoz radioaktivnega materiala, je bil nezakonit 2. Oškodovanje javnega zdravja zaradi odpadne snovi, ki nastaja pri razgradnji jedrskega materiala 3. Ukrepanje za prepoved bomb v Livermoru 4. Fennovoima - izboljševanje podobe, manipuliranje javnega mnenja in še več 5. Radioaktivna tveganja hidravličnega drobljenja (frackinga) 6. Primer PYHÄJOKI: Umetniški pogled na jedrska tveganja 7. Prizadevanja v Talvivaari: zadrževanje aktivistov izven območja 8. Najnovejša dogajanja v zvezi s projektom novega reaktorja Fennovoima 9. Poletni mini kamp 2014 na jugu Češke 10. Trk ladje, ki tovori uran, z jadrnico na Baltskem morju 11. Zaživela pisarna mreže 12. Kanada: tekoči visoko-radioaktivni jedrski odpadki lahko pridejo skozi Niagaro 13. UK: Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station given 5-year life extension 14. Shoddy nuclear technology and poor safety culture should not be exported from Russia to Finland 15. Hinkley Point NPP: "Most expensive in the world" 16. Save Santa Mountain from Mining 17. UK: Opposing the Hinkley Deal 18. Radiation Free Lakeland: NEW website 19. Nuclear Train Derailment - Barrow, Cumbria 20. Final repositories in Scandinavia: report indicates threats shown in seismology and palaeoseismology 21. Dumping Low Level Radioactive Waste in Landfill 22. Campaign "No to State aid for nuclear!" 23. NO Geological Dumping of High Level Nuclear Waste! The Wrong Answer? 24. CASE PYHÄJOKI in retrospect: With joy and love 25. China Eyes Up Sellafield - while scrapping nuclear plans at home 26. Activists block a uranium transport in the South of France 27. Say no! to an uranium mining project in Nunavut 28. Visaginas NPP fate "undecided", As politicians ignore the decision of the referendum 29. Update on repression against environmental groups in Russia 30. Decisions move closer in the UK 31. Upcoming events 32. About NukeNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nemčija: pripor aktivistov, ki so blokirali prevoz radioaktivnega materiala, je bil nezakonit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Okrožno sodišče v Lüneburgu je avgusta 2013 v zadevi odreditve pripora za nekatere izmed 1300 aktivistov v Harlingenu, ki so novembra 2011 blokirali prevoz radioaktivnega materiala, razsodilo, da je bil le ta nezakonit. Aktivisti so sedeli na tirih in blokirali akcijo WiderSetzen, ko jih je policija nasilno odstranjevati. Sodišče je navedlo, da bi morala policija najprej dati aktivistom možnost, da zapustijo območje. Takoj po aretaciji pa bi policija morala pridobiti odločitev sodnika – kar so storili le za 21 od 1300 ljudi. Aktivisti zdaj razmišljajo o zahtevi za nadomestilo za nezakonito priprtje. Na to sodbo se lahko sklicuje skoraj 3000 aktivistov, ki so bili v letih 2010 in 2011 aretirani pri blokiranju prevoza radioaktivnega materiala. Več na: http://www.widersetzen.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:pe-2082013-polizeikessel-nach-castor-blockade-unzulaessig&catid=106:presseerklaerung-2013&Itemid=75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Oškodovanje javnega zdravja zaradi odpadne snovi, ki nastaja pri razgradnji jedrskega materiala ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Britanska jedrska elektrarna Hinkley Point A je pričela z razgradnjo v letu 2006, z nameščanjem zračnikov neposredno v reaktorja, ki morajo ostati zatesnjeni še za obvezno 80-letno obdobje radioativnega razpada. Tu so še emisije iz razgradnje hladilnih bazenov in skladiščenega tekočega materiala , ki so bile izpuščene v ozračje. Škoda na javnem zdravju se od takrat povečuje, kar vključuje nenadne smrti zaradi bolezni srca in ožilja, povečanje pogostosti obolevanja in umrljivosti za rakom, povečanje umrljivosti ob porodu in dojenčkov, povečanje dednih genetskih mutacij. Škode na zdravju in druge podrobnosti so dostopne na spletni strani Stop Hinkley. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Ukrepanje za prepoved bomb v Livermoru ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Več kot 200 aktivistov se je zbralo pred vrati laboratorija Lawrence Livermore, 68 let po tem, ko so ZDA spustile atomsko bombo na Hirošimo na Japonskem. Livermore laboratorij, ki se nahaja v kalifornijskem zalivskem območju San Francisca, je ena od dveh lokacij, kjer oblikujejo vse jedrske konice v arzenalu ZDA. Na shodu 6. avgusta so nastopili angažirani govorci, posebej velja izpostaviti žvižgača Daniel-aa Ellsberg-aa, Nobauki-ja Hanaoka-o, pisateljico Cecile Pineda, pesnika Pete-a Yamamoto ter Loulena-o Miles. Letošnja tema je bila »Nedokončana zadeva in naša najnujnejša odgovornost; Prepoved bomb v laboratoriju Livermore in globalno«. Shod je bil sponzoriran s strani desetine skupin za mir in pravičnost. Udeleženci so korakali od severozahodnega dela laboratorija Livermore do zahodnih vrat, kjer je bilo aretiranih 31 ljudi, zaradi sodelovanja v nenasilni neposredni akciji. Več informacij na: http://www.trivalleycares.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Fennovoima - izboljševanje podobe, manipuliranje javnega mnenja in še več ---------------------------------------------------------------------- V Pyhäjoki javna dela krasijo logotipi Fennovoima, kot so ograje športnih igrišč blizu mestnih srednjih šol. Ime koorporacije je na logotipu razdeljeno na dva dela. Skrbno izbrane barve asocirajo na modro nebo brez oblačka in zeleni planet. Minimalistične črke prispevajo k naraciji same blagovne znamke. Te lastnosti skupaj subtilno pripomorejo krepiti zavajajočo in cinično sliko te lažne ekološke zgodbe o jedrski energiji: njeni zagovorniki trdijo, da je »zelena«, ker ne proizvaja ogljikovih emisij tekom pridobivanja energije. Odpadki iz Fennovoima so veliko bolj smrtonosni in so realna grožnja celotnemu planetu – na način kot lokalizirane emisije ogljika niso. To je klasično zeleno pranje možganov, del širše strategije za prikrivanje realnosti dejanskih stroškov proizvodnje energije na ta način. Preberi več: http://casepyhajoki.info/english-fennovoimas-image-washing-manipulating-public-opinion-normalizing-their-presence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Radioaktivna tveganja hidravličnega drobljenja (frackinga) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hidravlično drobljenje (fracking) ni slabo zgolj za podnebje, temveč je povezano z izpusti velikih količin ogljikovega dioksida. Predstavlja grožnjo zdravju in okolju, zaradi toksičnih tekočin, uporabljenih za splakovanje plina iz skrilavca, ter tudi tveganja zaradi radona, ki se lahko sprosti z njim. Institucija Public health England pripravlja poročilo, kjer ugotavljajo morebitne zdravstvene skrbi v povezavi s hidravličnim drobljenjem – vključno s tveganji radioaktivnih emisij. Ocenjujejo tudi potencialno tveganje vstopa radona v domovanja ljudi, ki bi pot do tja našel kot del toka plina iz skrilavca. Radon se šteje za drugi največji vzrok za nastanek pljučnega raka v Veliki Britaniji. Poročilo iz ZDA je potrdilo skrbi, povezane z radonom in naravnimi plini, ki prihajajo iz mešanice plinov iz skrilavca in skupaj potujejo k porabnikom. Več na: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/136661 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Primer PYHÄJOKI: Umetniški pogled na jedrska tveganja ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinstveno srečanje je potekalo od 1. do 11. avgusta 2013 v vasi regije Pyhäjoki, ki je izbrana s strani Fennovoime kot lokacija za novo jedrsko elektrarno na Finskem. Fennovoima je bila prvotno uvedena s strani nemškega energetskega podjetja EON, vendar je to odstopilo od projekta, verjetno kot rezultat kampanje proti novi nuklearki na lokalni in mednarodni ravni. Na žalost se zdi, da polje prevzema nov igralec: ruski jedrski gigant Rosatom. Umetniški projekt »Primer PYHÄJOKI – Umetniški pogled na jedrska tveganja« predstavlja drugačen pogled na tematiko ter tudi ozavešča o zadevi. Obsega interdisciplinarno umetniška ekspedicijo, produkcijo delavnic in predstavitvenih dogodkov v regiji Pyhäjoki. Ustvarjeni so bili čudoviti izdelki, organizirana številna predavanja in ekskurzije, dokumentirana v filmu in besedilu. Ogled na: http://casepyhajoki.info/en/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Prizadevanja v Talvivaari: zadrževanje aktivistov izven območja ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kot so poročali v avgustu, je premogovniška družba Talvivaara od notranjega ministrstva zahtevala pomoč pri deportaciji aktivistov, ki obiščejo območje brez dovoljenja. Ta ista družba je odgovorna za več okoljskih nesreč na njihovih površinah, še posebej za veliko razlitje novembra 2012, za katerega se smatra, da je največja finska kemična katastrofa v zgodovini. Spomladi je sodišče izničilo dovoljenja za izredne operacije, ki so bile nezakonito priznane s strani lokalnih oblasti. Zaskrbljeni državljani in aktivisti so prvi opozorili javnost na številne kršitve pravil in zakonov s strani Talvivaare. Namesto, da bi upravitelja dočakale resne pravne posledice, zaradi trajnega onesnaževanje okolja ter neodgovornosti in kriminalnega odnosa pri lomljenju že tako šibkih okoljevarstvenih predpisov za rudarske dejavnosti, bodo sedaj ljudje, ki so opozarjali na te probleme, celo strožje kaznovani od onesnaževalcev. Ministrstvo je že naznanilo pomoč rudniku Talvivaara pri spreminjanju policijskih zakonskih regulativ. Zdi se, da oblasti pravijo: »Ne nehajte z onesnaževanjem okolja, ampak kaznujte tiste, ki govorijo o tem!« Vir: http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/kotimaa.shtml/2013/08/1791177/talvivaara-pyytaa-ministeriolta-apua-aktivistien-karkottamiseksi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Najnovejša dogajanja v zvezi s projektom novega reaktorja Fennovoima ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fennovoima je izbral Rosatom, rusko družbo v državni lasti, kot dobavitelja reaktorjev za svojo nuklearko na Pyhäjoki Hanhikivi rtu na Finskem. Pogajanja za vključitev Rosatoma kot enega izmed največjih investitorjev v projekt, so se začela. Rosatom bi naj bil lastnik 1/3 delnic in nadomešča nemški E-On, ki se je iz projekta potegnil. Druga 1/3 delnic je v lasti manjših energetskih družb po celotni Finski, ostala tretjina pa je v rokah finske industrije. Energetska podjetja so v občinski lasti in s političnimi odločitvami nadaljujejo projekt jedrske elektrarne z roko v roki v različnih občinah. Te se morajo do konca oktobra 2013 odločiti, če želijo še nadalje vlagati v nuklearko. Rosatom ni poslušal graditelja jedrske elektrarne in le ta je dejansko drugačna kot je bila prvotna odločitev finske vlade. To je razlog zakaj mora Fennovoima zagotoviti novo raziskavo o okoljskih vplivih in varnosti elektrarne. Viri: http://www.hs.fi/talous/Fennovoima+luottaa+omistajiinsa/a1382040393873 http://www.hs.fi/talous/Fennovoima+toimitti+Stukille+voimalan+turvaselvitykset/a1381481389020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Poletni mini kamp 2014 na jugu Češke ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizira se kamp za tiste, ki sodelujejo pri ustvarjanju NukeNews in tiste, ki bi radi sodelovali (z lastnimi prispevki, pri prevajanju). Namen je okrepiti osebne stike ter spoznati osebe, ki delajo na tem (prostovoljnem) projektu. Dogajalo se bo blizu mesta Kaplice na jugu Češke, zelo blizu avstrijske meje. 5- do maksimalno 10 osebam je možno zagotoviti preprosto namestitev in delno oskrbo s hrano. Prevoz do Prage ali Linza si morate organizirati sami, glede ostalega se bom potrudil pomagati po najboljših močeh. Čas: približno teden dni v juliju ali avgustu 2014. Interesenti prosim pišite na: b.riep@eduhi.at do marca 2014 (www.slunceasvoboda.eu oziroma www.sonneundfreiheit.eu) Nevladna organizacija, ki organizira kamp, ima izkušnje na področju čezmejnega sodelovanja, in interese, ki gredo preko proti-jedrskega aktivizma, s poskušanjem vključitve elementov kulture in obnovljivih virov energije. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Trk ladje, ki tovori uran, z jadrnico na Baltskem morju ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Blizu otoka Rügen (Nemčija) je 18. oktobra 2013 ruska ladja "Mikhail Lomonosov" trčila v jadrnico. Ta tovorna ladja je dobro znana kot ladja za pošiljke radioaktivnih materialov za »severno ladjedelniško družbo« in izkazalo se je, da je naložen tako uranov heksaflurid in uranov dioksid (po poročanju medijev). Jadrnica je utrpela resno škodo, medtem ko o vplivih na tovorno ladjo ni javno znanega še nič. V zvezi z uranovim heksafluridom je še posebej zaskrbljujoče, da se v stiku z vodo tvori smrtonosna fluorovodikova kislina. Kolikor so proti-jedrski aktivisti ugotovili, so bile snovi namenjene za transportom s tovornjaki iz Hamburga do obrata za obogatitev urana Gronau. http://www.mzeise.net/uran/news/aktuell.php?tsnews4=archiv&dots=169 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Zaživela pisarna mreže ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Od septembra 2013 je dolgo pričakovana pisarna mednarodne mreže (International Network Office) v obratovanju. Za zdaj so odprte ure samo enkrat tedensko: ob sredah med 14.00 in 16.00 uro. Med delovnim časom je pisarna na voljo preko telefona (+49 3431 5894177), emaila (office@nuclear-heritage.net), skype (projekthaus.mannsdorf), jabber/XMPP (user: network.office, domain: jabber.ccc.de), in v živo (D-04720 Döbeln, Am Bärental 6). Misija pisarne mednarodne mreže je podpirati proti-jedrske aktiviste s povezovanjem z drugimi skupinami, govorci in strokovnjaki posameznih tematik. Prav tako želimo podpirati in koordinirati produkcijo (in distribucijo) večjezičnih letakov o lokalnih proti-jedrskih temah. Želimo pomagati organizirati srečanja mreže. Cilj je podpirati proti-jedrske boje z mrežnim povezovanjem in deljenjem informacij/kontaktov. Trije prostovoljci so se zavezali za delo v pisarni za čas uradnih ur do konca tega leta. Januarja 2014 bomo ponovno potrebovali prostovoljce za nadaljevanje dela v pisarni. Če ste zainteresirani, da podprete to proti-jedrsko storitev, nas kontaktirajte. http://office.Nuclear-Heritage.NET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Kanada: tekoči visoko-radioaktivni jedrski odpadki lahko pridejo skozi Niagaro ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tekoči visoko obogaten uran iz raziskovalnega reaktorja Canada’s Chalk River bi lahko bil transportiran preko Niagare, v Južno Karolino, pravi novembrsko poročilo Odbora za regionalno načrtovanje. Odpadki bi lahko prihajali kadarkoli med letoma 2013 in 2018 – kar je obdobje ameriške odobritve, ki je v veljavi – vendar poročilo ugotavlja, da ne bo posebnih obvestil o datumu transporta, zaradi varnostnih pomislekov. Poročilo iz Oddelka za načrtovanje v regiji ugotavlja, da bo to prvič, da kanadske oblasti poskušajo transportirati visoko-obogaten uran kot tekočo raztopino. Vir: http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/11/06/nuclear-waste-could-pass-through-niagara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. UK: Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station given 5-year life extension ---------------------------------------------------------------------- As reported by BBC on November 5th, 2013, the Hartlepool NPP is to stay open for an extra five years. The site was due to close in 2019 but will now remain operational until 2024, owner EDF Energy confirmed. It has also been confirmed that a new visitor centre will open at the plant. As far as we know this is the first British extension of nuclear power station lifetimes since Hinkley B and Hunterston B were given 7-year extensions (both to 2023) in 2012. Original shut-down date for Hartlepool was 2009. Interesting that Hartlepool only given a 5-year extension. EDF had announced in 2012 that all its AGR station would be considered for a 7-year extension in 2016. (And that Sizewell B would be considered for a 20-year extension - from 2034 - then... source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-24824816 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Shoddy nuclear technology and poor safety culture should not be exported from Russia to Finland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Finnish nuclear operator Fennovoima publicly announced on September 3 the intention to buy a VVER-1200 (AES-2006) reactor from the Russian state nuclear corporation "Rosatom". The deal may cost around 6.4 billion Euro and include transferring 34% of Fennovoima's ownership to Rosatom. Corruption scandals involving Rosatom over the past several years clearly demonstrate that the Russian nuclear industry cannot be trusted to produce quality equipment for nuclear plants. In February 2012, for example, a Rosatom-owned company was accused of selling shoddy equipment to nuclear plants inside and outside Russia. According to Russian experts, VVER technology is far from perfect: "If an uncontainable leak breaks out in the primary circuit of a VVER-type reactor, or other failures cause water to stop circulating in the cooling system, core damage could occur, complete with the resulting massive release of radiation." "It is truly shocking that Fennovoima decided to help Rosatom in building of Russian-designed nuclear reactors in Finland and the European Union. This is highly risky and unacceptable, and may lead to a repetition of the Fukushima disaster inside Europe", said Russian Ecodefense in a press release. Read more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/PR:Shoddy_nuclear_technology_and_poor_safety_culture_should_not_be_exported_from_Russia_to_Finland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Hinkley Point NPP: "Most expensive in the world" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- According to an analysis published by reputable equity investors Liberium Capital, the agreement signed by the UK Government with Electricité de France to build a new nuclear power station, Hinkley C, in Somerset would make Hinkley C "The most expensive power station" in the world; with the longest construction period. They go on to argue that the the government's agreement to underwrite the £16bn Hinkley Point nuclear power station could prove to be "economically insane" and hugely costly to consumers, saying, "Having considered the known terms of the deal, we are flabbergasted that the UK government has committed future generations of consumers to the costs that will flow from this deal." Learn more: http://www.nonucleartrains.org.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Save Santa Mountain from Mining ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finnish activists started a new online campaign against the Sokli mine plans in Eastern Finland by the Russian border. Sokli basically is supposed to exploit Finland's richest phosphate resource, which contains relatively high concentrations of radioactive minerals. The mine is located in the upper area of Nuorttijoki river system. Close to the planned mining area lies the Törmäoja and Yli-Nuortti rivers, and the glades of Ainijärvi, which are all part of the Natura 2000 network. Sokli is located between the Urho Kekkonen National Park and the Värriö Nature Park near Korvatunturi, the "home of Santa Claus". The area further includes the famous Tuntsa wilderness and three Natura Network locations. The Korvatunturi fell is best known as the home of Father Christmas (or Joulupukki in Finnish). According to Finnish Folklore, this land is the location of Father Christmas’ secret workshop, where toys, trinkets and gifts are made and eventually wrapped by gnomes. Responsible is the Yara International company with the Norwegian state as the largest shareholder. The phosphorus ores in Sokli contain ten times the amount of radioactive material in uranium, thorium, radium of normal levels. In the niobium ores, the levels are even 200-fold. Yara intends to mine phosphorus 4-10 tons per year and to use this phosphorus to make fertilizers. There are concerns about the radioactivity levels of fertilizers. The prospective Sokli mine area will be between 4000-6000 hectares (40-60 km2). Learn more: http://savesantamountain.com/2013/11/08/a-natural-disaster-being-prepared-in-eastern-lapland/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. UK: Opposing the Hinkley Deal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In Bridgwater (the nearest town to the site intended for Hinkley C), South-West Against Nuclear (SWAN) organised a local demonstration against the deal the very same day it was announced by David Cameron, 21st October. The protest involved dumping a pile of animal dung outside the EDF shop in Bridgwater and hanging a banner over the shop saying "NO MORE BULLSXXT - EDF TAKE OUR £££ AND DUMP WASTE ON US!" A man in cow costume addressed shoppers while supporters emptied shopping bags of dung onto a plastic sheet, blocking the shop's entrance. A placard in Chinese was stuck into the pile. Two Chinese state companies have signed letters of intent to invest in the project and it has been reported that it is "expected" they will invest 30-40% between them. Protestors cleaned the pavement around the pile and at the end of the demo removed the dung for organic recycling. Police however later confiscated the dung and placed it in their van, saying that they believed it might be used to commit criminal damage. Watch the video on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8ZyDuhaAUng ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Radiation Free Lakeland: NEW website ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuclear is a Living Nightmare! Radioactive contamination of air, sea and groundwater. Nuclear "energy" needs chemicals and fossil fuel power plants during and decades after any electricity production. Radiation causes cancers and other diseases. Nuclear causes a snowball of blight now, and for generations after us. http://wildar4.wix.com/radiation-free-land ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Nuclear Train Derailment - Barrow, Cumbria ---------------------------------------------------------------------- September 18th 2013: According to the nuclear industry the flasks were empty and on their way to Sellafield when two wheels left the track on 16th September. Flasks on their way to Sellafield are most often full of spent fuel being sent to Sellafield to be reprocessed making the wastes even more dangerous. These flasks had gone on a long journey having sailed from Japan to Barrow and back again with Highly Active Waste who knows how many times. The Highly Active Waste (a result of reprocessing spent fuel to make MOX which nobody wants) is presumably going to be stuffed into the containers and then trundled back along the tracks it has already derailed from, to be shipped from Barrow across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal and to Japan where it will be met with huge protest. http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/high-level-wastes-japan-and-derailed-trains/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. Final repositories in Scandinavia: report indicates threats shown in seismology and palaeoseismology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This summer, the Swedish scientist Nils-Axel Mörner published a report "Patterns in seismology and palaeoseismology, and their application in long-term hazard assessments - the Swedish case in view of nuclear waste management" showing evidence for a massive understatement of the tectonic threats to final repositories in Scandinavia: earthquakes, tsunamis and other events appeared much more frequently and in higher extend in the past than considered by the studies of the nuclear industry. The report opens general questions about the suitability of the Scandinavian rock formations for the long-term storage of dangerous material. It should affect the discussion on Onkalo in Finland and on the supposed Forsmark repository for spent fuel. "Seismic events are recorded by instruments, historical notes and observational criteria in geology and archaeology. Those records form a pattern of events. From these patterns, we may assess the future seismic hazard. (...) The nuclear industries in Sweden and Finland claim that the high-level nuclear waste can be buried in the bedrock under full safety for, at least, 100 000 yr. It seems hard, if on the whole possible, to make such assessments from the short periods of pattern recognition in seismology (< 100 yr) and palaeoseismology (some 13 000 yr). All assessments seem to become meaningless, maybe even misleading. In this situation, we must restrict ourselves from making too optimistic an assessment." Read the report: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Patterns_in_seismology_and_palaeoseismology,_and_their_application_in_long-term_hazard_assessments_-_the_Swedish_case_in_view_of_nuclear_waste_management ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Dumping Low Level Radioactive Waste in Landfill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Following vigorous campaigning by Radiation Free Lakeland Tim Farron MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in Cumbria has said there is "Powerful Evidence" to scrap the deregulation which allows low level radioactive waste into landfill. The UK government has signed up to the Euratom Treaty which describes in detail a plan to turn Lillyhall landfill site into a Radioactive Waste Repository with a "controlled release of radioactivity to groundwaters." http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/tim-farron-mp-powerful-evidence-to-pull-the-plug-on-radioactive-fly-tipping/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Campaign "No to State aid for nuclear!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The petition against state aid for nuclear was launched in September on the website http://www.my-voice.eu! A huge success with over 20 000 signatures - we need to continue mobilising all over Europe until April 2014. This decision on the new state aid regime is in the hands of the EU Commission alone - it requires only a simple majority and is no obliged to involve the member states (Council) or the European Parliament to decide the state aid guidelines. It is therefore vital to mobilise Europe's citizens. Our chances aren't too bad as trouble with the pronuclear crusade is causing the next delay in the EU Commission. There will be no decision taken before April 2014 - this means, more time for more protest! Join and spread the petition NOW. Please think about what you and your organization/network/group can do. Join and spread the petition NOW in your personal & organization's mailings, newsletters, facebook etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. NO Geological Dumping of High Level Nuclear Waste! The Wrong Answer? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOWING Nirex and the ending of the "Managing Radioactive Wastes Safely" process with Cumbria County Council's no vote, any new consultation regarding geological dumping should not include Cumbria. Instead the 84 members of the County Council have been airbrushed out of this new "democratic" process alongside the hundreds of members of the parish councils, the overwhelming majority of whom have said no repeatedly. The UK government want to deal with the few patsys on the Executive of Allerdale and Copeland Borough Councils who said yes while airbrushing away the majority who said NO! http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/is-new-consultation-needed-the-big-debate/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. CASE PYHÄJOKI in retrospect: With joy and love ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "CASE PYHÄJOKI - Artistic reflections on nuclear influence" was a trans-disciplinary expedition and production workshop in Pyhäjoki, Northern Finland from 1.-11.8.2013. The sixth nuclear power plant (NPP) of the country is planned to be built in Pyhäjoki Hanhikivi cape. The participants created different types of engagements, prototype events and experiments, reaching from a large "thank you" sign for those who refuse to sell their land to the nuclear power company, to the design of a "power sports day"; including a local fairytale, a mural painting with local youth, a special karaoke playlist, a DIY geiger counter building workshop, and more. The more includes new and deepened friendships, collaborations and memories of good times and meetings with local people. People involved to the CASE PYHÄJOKI project will continue with follow-ups more the less connected to the issue of den proposed NPP in Pyhäjoki and to nuclear power in general. The project is documented on their blog, announcements of new activities will be announced there and if possible with the NukeNews, too. Read more reflections on backgrounds on the CASE PYHÄJOKI project: http://casepyhajoki.info/en/ilon-ja-rakkauden-kautta/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. China Eyes Up Sellafield - while scrapping nuclear plans at home ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Imagine a world where the repressed Chinese people are marching in the streets opposing nuclear power - while the supposedly free British citizens are encouraged by government to meekly submit to yet another nuclear consultation aiming to bury hot nuclear wastes in leaky geology. Imagine a world where a repressive regime will take notice of public opinion and scrap plans for a nuclear development while a supposedly democratic government will try to bypass public opinion by dealing only with a few unrepresentative patsys in borough councils. Sounds mad? It is mad! And it is happening right now... http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/china-eyes-up-sellafield-while-scrapping-nuclear-plans-at-home/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. Activists block a uranium transport in the South of France ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On the 12th of September, about 30 activists from the collective Stop Uranium blocked a truck carrying uranium tetrafluorid near Narbonne, in the South of France. The blockade lasted for one hour. Radioactivity measures were made: a dose about 50 times the average radioactivity level could be measured one meter away from the truck. The truck was coming from Comurhex Malvési, a facility owned by Areva, where uranium is being transformed for the first time after it arrives in France. About one fourth of the uranium used in the world is processed there. The aim of the action was to highlight the dangers of the facility and the transports. 3 to 5 trucks are leaving the facility every day, carrying uranium tetrafluorid. See pictures of the blockade there: http://groupes.sortirdunucleaire.org/blocage-camion-tetrafluorure ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. Say no! to an uranium mining project in Nunavut ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Areva is coveting the underground of Nunavut, in the North of Canada, and expect to build a uranium mining there. Opening the way to uranium mining would threaten this territory, already made vulnerable by climate change. The consequences would be catastrophic for the Inuit, whose lifestyle, relying on hunting, requires a clean environment. We launched a petition (in English and French) to French ministers to demand them canceling this mining project: http://groupes.sortirdunucleaire.org/Petition-nunavut-en ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 28. Visaginas NPP fate "undecided", As politicians ignore the decision of the referendum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Despite the results of the referendum in October 2012, where people voted against a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, politicians are still trying to push for the project. The Government of Lithuania, as announced in the media, will soon make the decision regarding the fate of Visaginas NPP. The plans to discuss the common position of three Baltic countries, regarding the project, have also been announced. So far, both Latvian and Estonian politicians were reluctant towards this project. Read more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Visaginas_NPP_fate_%22undecided%22,_as_politicians_ignore_the_decision_of_the_referendum ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 29. Update on repression against environmental groups in Russia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Western media are not reporting that much anymore on repression against non-governmental groups in Russia (except for the case with jailed Greenpeace activists), I will put some update on this crackdown going on presently. Feel free to send around. Greenpeace case is getting a lot of coverage in Russia and governmental media broadcasts a lot of bullshit to make sure Russians hate environmental activists of all kinds. Ugly thing happened in the South of Russia, Krasnodar city, close to the site of 2014 Winter Olympic Games just few days ago. Local police together with FSB (exKGB) tryed to catch environmental activist Rudomakha. They came to the office of local political party threatening to storm it because they thought activist is inside. But he left earlier. Police gave no explanations but local people think it is because of Olympics. Rudomakha spent a lot of time criticizing the destruction of local nature related to Olympics preparations. Fortunately, activist is still not arrested. Read the complete story: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Update_on_repression_against_environmental_groups_in_Russia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 30. Decisions move closer in the UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The announcement of a strike price despite a year of negotiations is claimed to be on the brink of agreement, with UK media speculating on a price of around 93 pounds per MWh more than twice the current market price - the condemned government are determined to feather the nests of big business by increasing fuel poverty through it's regressive energy policy. It looks like China general nuclear power group will be EDFs investment partners and if they achieve the kind of stakes they're aiming for (rumour has it they're looking for an almost equal stake) then the coalition government will succeed in giving the worlds most powerful authoritarian state partial control of the most dangerous technology on British soil, with not one iota of the concern that Thatcher expressed in her day wen she had her government block Kuwaiti investment in the UK energy market. Read more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Decisions_move_closer_in_the_UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 31. Upcoming events ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (just an extract, tell us your events for the next newsletter) more events: http://upcoming.nuclear-heritage.net Please feel invited to send us your local and international events for this website and the NukeNews! 24/10/13-23/03/14: exhibition "Langzeit und Endlager" at Museum zu Allerheiligen, Klosterstr. 16, in Schaffhausen (CH) 10/12/13 5.30 PM: Celebration of 30 years of accomplishment of Communities Against a Radioactive Environment and will debut a short documentary film about Tri-Valley CAREs at Livermore Public Library, Community Rooms A&B, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., in Livermore (USA) 12/12/13: Global Action Day Against Nuclear Power 2013 12/12/13 at 12 PM: MKG Seminar: SSM and Nuclear Waste Council - in the completion phase in Stockholm (S) 2014: Probably Castor transport of high level radioactive waste from Sellafield (UK) and of intermediate level radioactive waste from La Hague (F) to Gorleben (D) and protests 2014: Nuclear Waste Transport to Ahaus - current status: "postponed" (D) 06/02/14-07/02/14: Long-term Performance of Engineered Barrier Systems (PEBS) at BGR in Hannover (D) 08/03/14: Fukushima related actions in the Dreyeckland region (CH, D, F) 08/03/14: Fukushima rally in Jülich (D) 09/03/14 at 2 PM: human chain Fessenheim at vallée du Rhône (F) 09/03/14 at 2 PM: Fukushima disaster remembrance: international brigde actions in the Upper Rhine area (D) 08/04/14-10/04/14: Symposium on Recycling of metals arising from operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Studsvik site outside Nyköping (S) 26/04/14: ecological festival "Für eine Zukunft nach Tschernobyl und Fukushima" (D) 29/04/14: European Anti Nuclear Forum in Prague (CZ) 03/05/14-08/05/14: Atomforum of the German nuclear industry in Frankfurt/Main (D) 11/05/14-15/05/14: European Nuclear Conference in Marseille (F) summer 2014: Walk For A Nuclear Free Future from Miami, FL to the Y-12 Nuclear Facility Oakridge, TN 2014 (USA) 22/08/14-24/08/14: solar festival in Peckwitz (D) 01/01/15-30/04/15: (estimated) main hearing on the Environmental Court on SKB's application to build KBS3 final nuclear waste repository at District Court in Nacka (S) http://www.allerheiligen.ch/images/PDF/Langzeit%20und%20Endlager_Flyer.pdf http://www.trivalleycares.org/new/party%20flyer-2.jpeg http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Global_Action_Day_Against_Nuclear_Power_2013 http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/mkg20131212stockholm http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/index.php/Gorleben_Castor_Resistance_in_Germany_2014 http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_Waste_Transport_to_Ahaus http://www.pebs-eu.de/PEBS/EN/Pebs-Final-Conference/PEBS_final_conference_node_en.html;jsessionid=EF1A95844F8E4E013BCB14F2A5E66F59.1_cid284#link4 http://wp.chainehumaine.eu/ http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/20140408-10studsvik http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/European_Anti_Nuclear_Forum_2014 http://www.euronuclear.org/events/enc/enc2014/index.htm http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Walk_For_A_Nuclear_Free_Future_2011-2015/Miami-Y12_Nuclear_Facility_Oakridge http://ag-schacht-konrad.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=769&Itemid=189 http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/kbshuvudforhandling2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. 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