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*           NukeNews #12 - Anti-Atom-Infodienst            *
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SORRY! Not all parts of this newsletter have been translated into
German, 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 German!

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0.  Preface
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Although the last issue was released just a month ago due to a great
delay in the NukeNews, we already gathered a number of news for this
12th edition of the Nuclear Heritage Network's multilingual newsletter
system. However, it is a short one this time...

A very interesting report explains why the German anti-nuclear
movement decided not to take the chance of delegating two
representatives to the German "Final Disposal Commission". There is
also criticism on WWF's cooperation with the Russian atomic giant
Rosatom as well as information on the search for a final repository
for nuclear waste near St. Petersburg and official data on the
severe radioactive contamination in the area of the Beloyarsk NPP
disclosed. In two articles, we learn about the plans for a new reactor
at the Slovenian Krško NPP and the struggle against these politics.

Have a good anti-nuclear winter, and send us your updates for the
spring edition until 30th of March!


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Outline of the current NukeNews issue #12
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0.  Preface
1.  Bewegung zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen
2.  Fennovoima shrinking
3.  Hinkley Point: Kommission beginnt eingehende Untersuchung von
    Großbritanniens Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Atomenergie
4.  Walkatjurra Walkabout – Walking for Country
5.  Radioactive Grave In One Kilometer From The Baltic Sea And 40 km
    From St. Petersburg
6.  Concrete - it depends on what you make of it!
7.  Two empty seats - environmental movement does not take part at
    repository commission
8.  Rosatom practises greenwashing - "environmental" organisations
    (RNEI) and WWF Russia appreciate to help
9.  Loud announcements of new reactor in Slovenia, prolonging of
    life-time of old reactor and safety issues
10. The Preparations for Construction of a Second NPP Reactor in
    Slovenia in Difficulties
11. Exhibition: The history of harassment to the no nukes movement
    Part 2
12. Rosatom recognizes high levels of pollution in the Beloyarsk NPP
    area
13. Film project Nuclear Lies - successful crowd funding
14. Further language versions of the NukeNews newsletter
15. Upcoming events
16. About NukeNews


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1.  Bewegung zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen
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Erinnern an Hiroshima und Nagasaki - Einige mögen den Flyer von "I
CAN" oder "Atomwaffen frei jetzt" gesehen haben, vielleicht hat der
ein oder andere von euch ja auch das Fasten in Berlin und die Blockade
in Büchel an der Mosel unterstützt... Ich hoffe viele von euch haben
sich die Zeit genommen sich daran zu erinnern, was 1945 in Hiroshima
und Nagasaki geschah und welcher Gefahr wir auch heute noch gegenüber
stehen. Ich wollte am 2., am Fasten vor dem Bundeskanzleramt damit
beginnen und wollte mich dort einer Gruppe anschließen, wie ich es im
letzten Jahr in Paris gemacht hatte (Dieses Jahr waren da rund 60
Leute!). Unglücklicherweise war ich zu früh, wie ich am nächsten Tag
erfuhr, und die Konsequenz war, dass ich 3 Stunden in praller Sonne
zwischen Bundeskanzleramt und Brandenburger Tor hin und her geirrt
bin, bis ich mich entschloss einfach einen Freund zu besuchen...

Lies den ganzen Artikel:
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Report:_Anti-Nuke_actions_in_Berlin_and_B%C3%BCchel


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2.  Fennovoima shrinking
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The Fennovoima nuclear plant project is in trouble, as 15 more
shareholders leave. Some left completely, some partially. But the
surprise to all was a few big industrial shareholders. Today, the
situation is: only 50,28% of the shares are owned by Finnish owners.
The rest is for sale.

After E.On's pullout, Fennovoima changed the reactor supplier: Rosatom
offers a 1,200 MW reactor. This is 25% smaller than the original plan
(1,600 MW). Rosatom plans to buy the shares originally owned by E.On,
this is 34%. Since E.On's departure in 2012, there are now additional
16% shares for sale, but no buyers yet.

Read the complete story:
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Fennovoima_shrinking


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3.  Hinkley Point: Kommission beginnt eingehende Untersuchung von
    Großbritanniens Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Atomenergie
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Die Europäische Kommission hat mit einer eingehenden Untersuchung
begonnen, durch die festgestellt werden soll, ob Großbritanniens Pläne
zum Bau und Betrieb eines neuen AKW in Hinkley Point, Somerset, den
EU-Vorschriften bezüglich staatlicher Beihilfen entsprechen.
Insbesondere bezweifelt die Kommission, dass das Projekt unter einem
echten Marktversagen leidet. Die Eröffnung einer gründlichen
Untersuchung gibt interessierten Dritten die Möglichkeit, die Maßnahme
zu kommentieren.

Die vollständige Pressemitteilung gibt es hier:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1277_en.htm?locale=en
 

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4.  Walkatjurra Walkabout – Walking for Country
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is a celebration of Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength of
the community who have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie for
over forty years, and a chance to come together to continue share our
commitment to a sustainable future without nuclear. It is a chance to
reconnect with the land, and to revive the tradition of walking for
country. The Walkatjurra Walkabout is drug and alcohol free.

The Walkatjurra Walkabout is set for the 23rd April to 26th May 2014,
and we would love for you to join us. "Walking for country is to
reconnect people with land and culture. The Walkatjurra Walkabout is a
pilgrimage across Wangkatja country in the spirit of our ancestors so
together, we as present custodians, can protect our land and our
culture for future generations... We invite all people, from all
places, to come together to walk with us, to send a clear message that
we want the environment here, and our sacred places left alone."
(Kado Muir, Traditional Owner, Yeelirrie)

The 2013 Walkatjurra Walkabout was a huge success and continues to
grow and strengthen the connections between protecting Country and
stopping uranium mining. After 5 years of a pro-uranium State
Government, WA remains uranium mining free. Lets keep the pressure on
and the uranium untouched - Wanti Uranium! Leave it in the Ground!

More information:
http://walkingforcountry.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=50a102f587619317ca5451762&id=18853bdc20&e=bcdd27812a


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5.  Radioactive Grave In One Kilometer From The Baltic Sea And 40 km
    From St. Petersburg
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On Friday, December 27 at 15 o'clock, in the administration building
of Sosnovy Bor, public hearings on the preliminary EIA materials on
"Point of disposal of radioactive waste" (PDRW) were held. Burial
place is offered in clay at a depth of 50 m, between two water
horizons. It is approximately 3 km from the residential area (village
Rakopezhi ), 1 km from the Baltic Sea and 5 km from the pine forest.

More than 2 years is a discussion on this project ongoing. Independent
experts, nuclear scientists, representatives of public organizations
of Sosnovy Bor, as well as the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg
and Leningrad region, representing the Communist Party, Just Russia,
Yabloko party, come out with harsh criticism of the project.

Read the complete story:
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Radioactive_Grave_In_One_Kilometer_From_The_Baltic_Sea_And_40_km_From_St._Petersburg


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6.  Concrete - it depends on what you make of it!
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The trial against four people, who made a blockade against the last
castor transport to Gorleben (D) in November 2011 and stopped the
transport for 15 hours, has been set. Instead of paying a fine of
1,100 EUR each, the court suggested everyone to donate 250 EUR to
the union "Children of Chernobyl". A hearing did not occur. The four
activists fiXed themselves beneath the railways in a construction of
chains, that connected their arms into a big block of concrete.

http://blockcastor.wordpress.com/


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7.  Two empty seats - environmental movement does not take part at
    repository commission
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The German environmental organizations and anti-nuclear initiatives do
not participate in the commission of experts to search for a
repository. The process for the search for a repository is
non-transparent and contains the only set Gorleben, where already 1.8
billion EUR have been invested and infrastructure was set up: interim
storage, spent fuel, pilot conditioning plant and police barracks in
the district town are available. There had been no broad social debate
on the procedure and the criteria for the millennium task of nuclear
waste storage before the adoption of the law. The concentration of the
repository search to highly radioactive waste restricts the view to
only about five percent of the damage caused by the nuclear power
plants waste. Furthermore, the financing of the search process through
a public fund, fed by the operators of nuclear power plants, is not
guaranteed. The site selection law allows expropriations and minimizes
currently still existing legal sources of verification. Finally, the
federal states would be deprived of power, but instead arises with the
Federal Office for nuclear waste disposal a new super-agency with
far-reaching powers in matters of water conservation or the mining
law.

http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/918909.zwei-stuehle-bleiben-vorerst-leer.html


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8.  Rosatom practises greenwashing - "environmental" organisations
    (RNEI) and WWF Russia appreciate to help
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The nuclear Mafia in Russia is getting support from environmental
organisations. This is "Russisch-Deutsches Büro für Umweltinformation"
(RNEI), branch of "Deutsch-Russischer Austausch". And this is Russian
WWF. Both offered some awards for a competition for best environmental
article/report among reporters of radio, TV and newspapers, declared
by Rosatom, the federal agency for nuclear energy in Russia.

http://www.kerstinrudek.de/rosatom-praktiziert-greenwashing


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9.  Loud announcements of new reactor in Slovenia, prolonging of
    life-time of old reactor and safety issues
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2013 ended with a strong statement of the owner of Krško NPP, GEN
Energija, that a second block will be constructed in 15 years in
Krško. This statement has no legal basis, as the decision to build an
additional block in Krško has officially not been made so far.
Moreover, Slovenia clearly does not need an additional block, as the 
energy scenarios, prepared for a new energy program in 2011 show that  
Slovenia can export electricity also with no additional nuclear  
facilities. Apart from that, the planned site for construction in  
Krško is seismically risky. In 2013 Slovenia has received a report on
seismic risks of Krško site from French IRSN, which warns that the
site has significant seismic risks. In order to discuss the report
with IRSN experts and highlight the need for public participation in  
nuclear debates, Focus organised an international conference (links to
the presentations are available at  
http://focus.si/index.php?node=25&id=1373).

Greenpeace Slovenia and Focus also sent several open letters to the
Slovenian Nuclear Safety Authority in relation to the damaged fuel  
rods in the existing reactor in Krško and raised attention of the  
Slovenian and Croatian media for the issue. While fixing the problems
with the reactor, the operator is in a process of obtaining a permit
to prolong the life-time of the reactor by 50 % (by 2043, instead of
2023). So far, no public debate has been open on the issue in
Slovenia.


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10. The Preparations for Construction of a Second NPP Reactor in
    Slovenia in Difficulties
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Though the majority of the Slovenian population since many years
rejects the idea of construction of a second NPP reactor in Krško, a
previous national government founded a semi-private electric company
in public ownership GEN to promote and organize such a project and to
extend the life time of the first reactor for additional twenty years.
Without a decision of the parliament the GEN started research and
administrative preparations and authorized the French institute IRSN
to conduct seismic studies about the reactor site.

But the IRSN's opinion on this matter is not favorable as expected by
the GEN and states that its »new and serious finding does not allow
concluding in a favorable manner as regards the suitability of the
Krško II sites for the implantation of a new nuclear power plant.
Acknowledging the fact that the feasibility of designing a reactor
against fault surface displacement is questionable, and consistent
with IAEA and NRC recommendations, IRSN believes that GEN should
consider revising its strategy for the Krško II project and further
examine the possibility to search for an alternative site.«

It is unlikely that anywhere else in Slovenia a construction of a new
NPP reactor could be built regarding past public opinion pools. Now
the GEN excluded the IRSN from further participation on the research
of the site, trying to find another institute that would be willing to
confirm that the existing site is not inappropriate.

Leo Šešerko


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11. Exhibition: The history of harassment to the no nukes movement
    Part 2
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This is the second exhibition about the history of harassment to the
no nukes movement. There were 1,200 visitors for the first exhibition
held in August 2013. The purpose of this exhibition is to study the
history of harassment not to repeat them again. Lately, there are
cyber attack against no nukes movement websites. This exhibition in
Sinjuku public gallery in Tokyo will present the study session about
how to deal with these new technology.

18.1.2014 13:00-18:00
19.1.2014 10:00-16:00

http://www.cnic.jp/5527


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12. Rosatom recognizes high levels of pollution in the Beloyarsk NPP
    area
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In context of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) process for the
construction of a 5th reactor at Beloyarsk NPP close to Yekaterinburg,
a BN-1200 Fast Breeder reactor, files disclosed Rosatom's knowledge of
high radioactive contamination in the area: yearly 90,000-100,000 tons
of radioactive discharges into water, including cesium-13, enter the
biological cycle in the river, fish, soil and water. The report states
that the cesium-137 concentration in water of the wells is more than
ten times higher than the so-called "level of intervention" by the
Russian "Radiation Safety Standards" (NRB-99), the activities of
cesium-137, strontium-90 and cobalt-60 are close to the levels of
intervention.

Learn more:
http://www.bellona.ru/articles_ru/articles_2013/plutonium-v-bolote


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13. Film project Nuclear Lies - successful crowd funding
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The young film maker Praved Krishnapilla from the South of India, a
region which is directly affected by the NPP in Koodankulam, is
working on a 60 minutes film to portray the shameful methods and lies
of the Nuclear lobby in his country and around the world. Within only
a few weeks and a lot of committed work by different mainly Austrian
activists (Praved has been living in Vienna since 1999) it seems to be
clear, that the necessary money (more than 20.000 €) for this project
has been successfully collected. Very helpful in that process was the
internet platform http://www.startnext.de/en/nuclear-lies . Initial 
support for this project came also from the grand dame of the Austrian 
Green Movement Feda Meissner-Blau.

More about the film also here: http://vimeo.com/75948886


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14. Further language versions of the NukeNews newsletter
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As in newsletter #11 already mentioned, the Czech-Austrian NGO
"Sonne+Freiheit" plans a mini camp probably in the second half of
August 2014 in the South of the Czech Republic with the aim, to
further improve the work with and around the NukeNews newsletter.
Anybody interested to join, please give by the end of March 2014
notice to: "b.riepl at eduhi.at"

As first success it is probable, that with the help of the Upper
Austrian regional government - beginning with 2014 - there will
possibly also language versions of the NukeNews in Slovene, Croat and
Polish.


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15. Upcoming events
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(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)
2014:              Nuclear Waste Transport to Ahaus - current status:
                   "postponed" (D)
01/02/14 at 11 AM: regional conference "AKW Grohnde abschalten" at
                   Gemeindehaus in Salzgitter-Bleckenstedt (D)
06/02/14-07/02/14: Long-term Performance of Engineered Barrier Systems
                   (PEBS) at BGR in Hannover (D)
08/02/14 at 11 AM: nuclear waste conference at Volkshochschule,
                   Wilhelmshöher Allee 19-21, in Kassel (D)
09/02/14 at 11 AM: federal anti-nuclear conference for global
                   networking at Volkshochschule, Wilhelmshöher Allee
                   19-21, in Kassel (D)
10/02/14-12/02/14: International Uranium Film Festival in Washington
                   DC (USA)
03/03/14 at 10 AM: Waste Management (WM) 2014 Conference in Phoenix
                   (USA)
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)
18/03/2014:        Easter march to the uranium enrichment facility in
                   Gronau (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)
23/04/14-26/05/14: Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country 2014;
                   pilgrimage across Wangkatja country (AUS) 
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)
04/08/14-08/08/14: Nuclear Heritage Network gathering near Kiel (D)
09/08/14-16/08/14: International Anti-nuclear Camp near Kiel (D)
20/08/14-24/08/14: Anti-nuclear mini camp near Kaplice (CZ)
22/08/14-24/08/14: solar festival in Peckwitz (D)
21/09/14-25/09/14: Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology 2014 International
                   Conference in Freiberg (D)
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
01/09/15-30/11/15: (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.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_Waste_Transport_to_Ahaus
http://ag-schacht-konrad.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=769&Itemid=189
http://www.pebs-eu.de/PEBS/EN/Pebs-Final-Conference/PEBS_final_conference_node_en.html;jsessionid=EF1A95844F8E4E013BCB14F2A5E66F59.1_cid284#link4
http://ag-schacht-konrad.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=66&Itemid=278
http://www.kerstinrudek.de/bundesweite-anti-atom-konferenz-f%C3%BCr-globale-vernetzung/
http://www.uraniumfilmfestival.org/
http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/phoenix20140302-06
http://wp.chainehumaine.eu/
http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/20140408-10studsvik
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Walkatjurra_Walkabout_%E2%80%93_Walking_for_Country_2014
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://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_Heritage_Network_gathering_2014
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/International_Anti-nuclear_Camp_near_Kiel
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Anti-nuclear_mini_camp_in_the_Czech_Republic
http://ag-schacht-konrad.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=769&Itemid=189
http://tu-freiberg.de/umh-vii-2014
http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/index.php/Gorleben_Castor_Resistance_in_Germany_2014
http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/kbshuvudforhandling2012


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16. About NukeNews
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The NukeNews are a multilingual newsletter system of the Nuclear
Heritage Network and are supposed to reflect the activities, topics
and struggles of anti-nuclear activists connected through this
international community. The messages are written and translated by
activists, additionally to their usual anti-nuclear activities. No
one is paid for that work, as we want to provide resources like this
information system to the anti-nuclear struggle as independent as
possible. The newsletter aims to inform and update as well activists
as the interested audience.

Your contributions to the next issue of the NukeNews are welcome.
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