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<div style="color:#D3D3D3; text-align:center; font-variant:small-caps; font-weight:bolder">Shortcut to this page: <nowiki>http://AtomicBaltic.nuclear-heritage.net</nowiki></div> {| style="float:right;" |- |[[File:Atomic Threats Planning Meeting 2013-09-Map.jpg|thumb|right|Atomic facilities and anti-nuclear groups in the Baltic Sea region]] |- |[[File:DSC 0062.JPG|thumb|right|preliminary project strategy]] |- |[[File:BalticTour_Riga_Action_Installation_4.jpg|thumb|right|An installation from the Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in Riga, Latvia, July 11-13, 2010]] |- |[[File:Aland.moligheternastorg09.jpg|thumb|right|A photo from an activity in Aland Islands, Finland, 2009. The sign translates as "Hi. I'm your new neighbour"]] |- |[[File:BalticTour_Vilnius_July16_15.jpg|thumb|right| Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 15-16, 2010]] |- |[[File:Baltic-Tour_Aland_BikeRally_NuclearWasteParliament.jpg|thumb|right| Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in the Åland Islands, Finland, June 21-24, 2010]] |- |[[File:Baltic-Tour_STO_girlsonthestreet.jpg|thumb|right| Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in Stockholm, Sweden, August 9-11, 2010]] |- |[[File:Baltic-Tour_HGW_rally-5.jpg|thumb|right| Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in Greifswald, Germany, July 26-28, 2010]] |- |[[File:Baltic-Tour_Oulu-action-2.jpg|thumb|right| Nuclear waste is attractive! Baltic Sea Info Tour stop in Oulu, Finland, August 18-20, 2010]] |- |} The ''"Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region" project'' was inspired by the 2010 '''"[[Action:Infotour Around The Baltic Sea|Stop Nuclear Power - Baltic Sea Info Tour]]"'''. We want to investigate and educate on atomic power in the area, and on the risks it poses to people and environment. We also consider it a great chance to develop and strengthen the network of anti-nuclear activists around the [[:Category:Baltic Sea|Baltic Sea]]. Our project can be a basis for mutual campaigns, projects and actions. We hope people will take this chance to take more powerful action against the [[Nuclear Threats|threatening]] atomic industry and their lobby. __TOC__ This project combines a variety of patterns to raise awareness on atomic threats in the Baltic Sea region. We are setting up a '''database with information on all atomic facilities and topics in the region''' (find a [[#Investigations|list of considered topics]] on our website). To develop this information base we are investigating facts and searching for contacts to critics in the whole [[Preliminary Nuclear Baltic Map|watershed of the Baltic Sea]]. The information we provide will be checked by independent experts and anti-nuclear friends to ensure a high quality. The articles in the database are supposed to be kept up to date by committed people within this project. Based on these investigations, we intent to produce a '''[[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project|reference book]]''' on all atomic facilities in the Baltic Sea region - including those decommissioned already, those being in operation right now, and those only proposed at this point of time. Basically, it will be a means for interested people to find main facts, links to additional resources and contacts to critics. Additionally, we want to '''publish flyers in several languages''' to spread the word about the local struggles of anti-nuclear groups in the area. Thus, our project will also strengthen and support the local activities of anti-nuclear activists around the Baltic Sea. The text and images are supposed to be provided by the local groups, we will help to promote and distribute them to anti-nuclear groups and to the public worldwide. The flyers will be added to the series of [[Materials|reach out materials]] of the Nuclear Heritage Network - we will print a minimum amount of 1,000 copies per topic and in each language version and more if additional funding can be raised. Additionally, all materials will be published online. For connecting concerned and committed anti-nuclear people around the Baltic Sea and to strengthen them, we have set up the '''"[[Mailing list#Nuclear Baltic Project Mailinglist|nuclear-baltic]]" listserve'''. This mailing list is used to organize this project and to exchange on atomic topics in the area. A proposed '''poster''' is supposed to visualize the threats posed by nuclear power in the Baltic Sea region. It will be distributed widely and should be attached to walls in many public places, e.g. cafés, youth clubs, libraries, to raise the awareness on the atomic impact on our lives. The poster will promote the website with background information on all these facilities and contacts to critics in the region. '''[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Exhibition and info tour|Information events]]''' will be organized in several countries and spread the word on the radioactive pollution of the Baltic Sea region, or focus on specific facilities and threats people and environment are faced to. These information events could be organized in the form of an infotour, and they could be accompanied by a '''photo exhibition''' on anti-nuclear issues and protests around the Baltic Sea. We will '''spread the word''' on our project, topics and specific threats posed by atomic facilities also '''in articles''' to be published in anti-nuclear and environmental media (e.g. [http://gruenes-blatt.de grünes blatt], [http://www.anti-atom-aktuell.de anti atom aktuell], [http://www.nirs.org/mononline/mononl.htm Nuclear Monitor]), make contributions to '''newsletters''' (e.g. [[NukeNews]]), and do media work for conventional '''media''' locally and internationally as well as for independent media platforms such as [http://indymedia.org indymedia]. If people are interested and help to organize that, we will also arrange '''networking gatherings''' with local people and '''creative street actions''' to gain more public attention on atomic threats. We could start new mailing lists for specific issues, produce more information materials and '''set other ideas into practice to stop nuclear power'''. ---- == Motivation == === Background === Nuclear power is [[Nuclear Threats|dangerous]] for people and environment in many ways: it starts with [[Uranium Mining|uranium mining]] and its further treatment, goes on with the risks during the operation of the power plants – as proofed by Chernobyl, [[Nuclear Disaster in Japan|Fukushima]] and Harrisburg (Three Mile Island) – and eventually there is this big problem left over: no safe solution for a final disposal of nuclear waste anywhere on earth. Hundreds of thousands of people died in consequence of the catastrophe in Chernobyl (Soviet Union; these days: Ukraine), the same is expected for Fukushima (Japan); millions of victims are expected to suffer the long-term impacts of the radiation released by these atomic facilities. [[International Nuclear Event Scale|Serious accidents]] took place in many other sites every few years, too: Windscale (1957 - United Kingdom), Mayak/Kyshtym (1959 - Soviet Union; these days: Russia), Tokaimura (1999 – Japan) are examples for nuclear accidents killing people directly. Other accidents like Brunsbüttel 2001 in Germany were close to a meltdown. Since decades scientists warn the health impacts of radiation to be under-estimated enormously. The so-called [[Low level radiation|"low" level radiation]] released by atomic facilities and within transports of radioactive material has the potential to damage cells and genes causing diseases, genetic damages and deaths. During the last ten years a number of studies has showed significant evidence for regularly operated atomic power stations causing cancer. The "strongest" study is still the so-call [[Leukemia#KiKK study|"KiKK study"]] including the biggest data collection showing a seriously increased risks for children living close to German nuclear power plants to experience cancer. Within the operation of uranium mines huge amounts of [[Uranium|uranium]] ore are dug and stored on surface releasing radioactive materials like radon and spreading radioactivity to the surrounding water systems and environment in general. Uranium mining exposes the these days mostly indigenous workers to serious health risks. Thousands of cases have been officially registered already. Besides this dangerous release of radiation, the uranium mines produce huge amounts of "tailings" - radioactive and toxic waste waters stored forever in so-called tailing ponds mostly unprotected in nature. The fuel used in atomic reactors includes a major share of the [[Uranium#Uranium-238|uranium-238]] isotope with a [[Half-life|half-life]] of some 4.5 billion years. It takes some 45 billion years before most of the isotope will be decayed. During the decay, other isotopes and elements are created with different amounts and types of radiation releasing as well with different half-life. As any amount of radiation is capable of causing health impacts, radiation exposure is to be reduced and avoided as much as possible. Thus, a safe final disposal of the radioactive waste is necessary for millions and billions of years. In the light of significant and unpredictable changes in society, knowledge of people and nature, such a safe disposal is impossible. === Inspiration === Some of us were involved to the "Stop Nuclear Power - Baltic Sea Info Tour 2010", and got to know about the specific situation of this sea. Due to the low water exchange with the Atlantic Ocean, the majority of radioactive particles once captured in the Baltic Sea accumulates there. Thus, the fallout of nuclear weapon tests, Chernobyl accident, and Sellafield emissions concentrated in it and made it - according to the data of the scientists of the countries of the Baltic Sea region gathered in the "Helsinki Commission" (HELCOM) - the most radioactive inland water body in the world. Data also shows the radioactive impact of nuclear facilities of former Eastern European countries and Northern ones. Following this information it seems that even the biggest radioactive pollution is released by the [[Studsvik Nuclear Complex|Studsvik]] atomic facility in Sweden. Getting in touch with activists in the Baltic Sea countries, learning about the facilities in their regions and understanding that the public is hardly informed at all about the specific pollution of the sea and the threats it is additionally faced to by the proposed uranium mining projects and by transports of atomic fuel and nuclear waste, we got inspired and motivated to focus on this topic more. Some of us connected with each other, experts and further organizations in this region to get prepared to start this project. We understood that there is a basic lack of information within the anti-nuclear scene as well as in the general public. When we started to create an overview for ourselves, we figured out that there are more than 60 atomic facilities in the water shed of the Baltic Sea - partly in operation, some are already decommissioned (but potentially polluted the sea in the past and still pose the risk of having left contaminated ground), and a number of them is still in the stage of being planned or constructed. === Goals === Our project aims on educating people and public in general on the radioactive pollution of the Baltic Sea, particularly by informing about the specific atomic facilities and their threats. We also want to support dedicated activists educating and campaigning against certain plants in their region by connecting them with each other and by providing the contact to them with our publication work. Thus, we want to strengthen the networks of citizens, and to support - particularly, but not only, young - people to understand their civic rights, to teach them as well methods of implementation of those and of reaching other citizens (or to put pressure on decision makers in institutions and companies) as knowledge on atomic power. We also want to learn ourselves more about nuclear power, the policies in European Union and in the states around the Baltic Sea, get to know experts and activists in the nuclear field and develop our skills regarding public relations, [[Media|media]] and investigative journalism. Thus, we want to investigate facts and background information on each atomic facility in the Baltic Sea region as well as activities of organizations criticizing them. This information will be preprocessed for raising the public awareness on the risks of nuclear power, and will be provided in raw and unmodified form on our website, too. Tools for putting our goals into effect will be this website acting as a database on all atomic facilities, flyers we will produce, a [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project|reference book]] and a [[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Exhibition and info tour|series of information events]]. As [[:Category:Atomic Policy|atomic policies]] in Europe are much influenced by transnational treaties and co-operations, it is also important to understand these mechanisms, and to show other people the importance to act together on a transnational level, too. We want to show how the civic rights provide tools to make a change in the European, but also national and international, energy policies. People need to become aware of the international dimension of nuclear power, and the interconnections of impacts of this technology in the Baltic Sea region as well as the international treaties in effect in this area are a good example for this interdependency. ---- == Activities == {{:Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Activities}} ---- == Work section == In this section we organize and coordinate the work on this project. It will maybe later be transfered to an extra page, when it should become too big for the main page of project. {| style="background:#ffffff; color:#000000; text-align:center; border-width:1px; border-color:#808080; border-style:solid;" |+ '''''structures for continuous work of the project''''' |- style="background:#EEDC82; color:white;" ! style="width:60%;" |structures ! style="width:40%;" |frequency |- style="background:#FFF68F;" | style="text-align:left;" | communication with everyone continuously: '''listserve''' [[Mailing list#Nuclear Baltic Project Mailinglist|nuclear-baltic]] || style="color:green" | continuously |- style="background:#EEE685;" | style="text-align:left;" | updating each other in person + organizing important tasks: '''voice-over-ip conferences''' (Skype, ...) || style="color:green" | 2-weekly |- style="background:#FFF68F;" | style="text-align:left;" | meeting face-to-face, decision making for the project + work phases together: '''working meetings''' || style="color:green" | every two months |- style="background:#EEE685;" | style="text-align:left;" | '''smaller projects communication''': decide yourself in the groups! (email, [[VOIP]], meetings, ...) || style="color:green" | continuously |} === Preparations === Find some thoughts about tasks and responsibilities for this projects we gathered beforehand: [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/Minutes meeting in July 2013|July 2013 minutes]] The first big '''[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Planning meeting|planning meeting]]''' ([[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/Planning meeting - programme|programme]]) for the project took place on September 20-23, 2013 (including arrival/departure day). Venue was the [[s:Kein "Schöner Wohnen" in dieser Zeit|project house]] in Döbeln (Germany). This was a good chance and important to start well with the project. Travel costs could be covered, if they were [mailto:atomicbalticATnuclear-heritage.net confirmed]{{Spamprotection}} beforehand with us.<br/> To prepare this event we had a [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/Minutes Skype conference on 4th of September 2013|Skype conference on September 4th at 8 PM CET]], a [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/Minutes Skype conference on 12th of September 2013|Skype conference on September 12th at 8 PM CET]] and a last [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/Minutes Skype conference on 18th of September 2013|Skype conference on 18th of September 2013 at 8 PM CET]]. {{:Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Working meetings}}<p style="font-size:x-small; text-align:center">[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Working meetings|learn more]]</p> {{:Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/VOIP meetings}}<p style="font-size:x-small; text-align:center">[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/VOIP meetings|learn more]]</p> === Tasks, roles and responsibilities === ''This is an overview of important tasks, roles and responsibilities for the project.'' The following task groups are active. On the group pages you find more information and possibilities to contact them: # '''[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Finances group|finances group]]''' # '''[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Coordination group|coordination group]]''' # '''[[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Media group|media group]]''' These groups still need to be set up. They are important for the projects and need people to commit to them: # '''reach-out''' #* social media (e.g. Facebook), email promotion, flyer/poster/...? # '''promotion/inclusion of additional participants''' #* involving, contacting new people # '''website improvement''' #* update, edit, improve website #* also technical improvement # '''networking''' #* connect to groups in the Baltic Sea region #* inform them about latest results of project #* ask for their news # '''secure communication''' #* setup SSL for website #* offer audio/video conferences via jitsi.org + pidgin.im (jabber/XMPP) #* test other encrypted [[VOIP]] tools #* test email encryption with people #* raise awareness about privacy problems with commercial services #* send updates about security problems (e.g. inform about repression, etc.) # '''translations''' #* translate contents of the website, articles, flyers etc. into other languages These are tasks to be considered in each meeting: # '''minutes keeper''' (meetings and voice-over-ip conferences) #* can be changed/swapped everytime # '''reminder''' #* remind people of their commitments # '''time keeper''' #* can be changed/swapped everytime Tasks connected to the book project: * investigations + text work ** to have a realistic chance to finish the book within one year: at least 12 very committed people; for every work meeting they need to finish one article * proofreading * layout of book * translations: German, ... + ? * organize photos + right to publish them * asking for feedback of local groups/experts * promoting book * selling + shipment === Promotion === We want to involve as many interested and committed people and groups to this project as possible. Thus, we have to spread the word also about the "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region" project. A first [[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Call out|call out]] invites individuals and organizations to the planning meeting and to join the project. Continuously we should consider who else to invite and to inform the interested public about the network/project and to motivate them to take part. There had been a [[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/New call out|new Call Out]] later on, and now, for the 4th working meeting, we created a [[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Third Call out|third Call Out]]. === Media work === Though the project is very much an investigative and educational one, it is a great chance to spread the word on atomic risks and threats. Would be good to do media work to reach a wider audience with what we do. A first press release about the project to be started should be sent out in August to media. Who wants to join the [[Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region/Media group|media group]]? And who can help with translations of media releases in other languages? - Please [mailto:atomicbalticATnuclear-heritage.net write]{{Spamprotection}} us! '''Connected media releases:''' * Anti-nuclear Action Summer Camp in Kiel. Gathering of International Activists to Stop Atomic Transports ''(July 21, 2014)'': [[PR:Anti-nuclear Action Summer Camp in Kiel. Gathering of International Activists to Stop Atomic Transports|English]] | [[PR:Anti-Atom-Aktions-Sommercamp in Kiel. Treffen internationaler Aktivist*innen zum Stopp von Atomtransporten|German]] | [[PR:Atomenerģijas pretinieki pulcējas vasaras nometnē Ķīlē. Vides aktīvisti no dažādām valstīm apvienojas, lai apturētu kodolkravu transportēšanu|Latvian]] | [[PR:Antyatomowy obóz letni w Kilonii. Międzynarodowy zjazd aktywistów na rzecz zatrzymania transportów materiałów atomowych|Polish]] * 28 years after Chernobyl: Number of victims continues to grow ''(April 28, 2014)'': [[PR:28 år efter Tjernobyl stiger antallet af ofre stadig|Danish]] | [[PR:28 years after Chernobyl: Number of victims continues to grow|English]] | [[PR:28 vuotta Tšernobylistä: uhrien määrä kasvaa yhä|Finnish]] | [[PR:28 Jahre nach Tschernobyl: Zahl der Opfer steigt weiter|German]] | [[PR:28 gadi kopš Černobiļas katastrofas: upuru skaits turpina pieaugt|Latvian]] | [[PR:28 лет после Чернобыльской аварии: Число жертв продолжает расти|Russian]] | [[PR:Tjugoåtta år sedan Tjernobyl: antalet offer växer fortfarande|Swedish]] * Fukushima 3/11: Atomic catastrophe would poison the whole Baltic Sea region ''(March 12, 2014)'': [[PR:En atomkraftkatastrofe ville forgifte hele Østersøregionen|Danish]] | [[PR:Atomic catastrophe would poison the whole Baltic Sea region|English]] | [[PR:Atomkatastrophe würde den ganzen Ostseeraum verseuchen|German]] | [[PR:Līdzīga katastrofa Baltijas jūras reģionā piesārņotu visu reģionu|Latvian]] | [[PR:Katastrofa atomowa może skazić cały region Morza Bałtyckiego|Polish]] | [[PR:Атомная катастрофа могла бы распространяться на всю территорию Балтийского моря|Russian]] * Anti-nuclear networks arising around the Baltic Sea: International Camp To Gather Forces To Stop Atomic Business ''(February 24, 2014)'': [[PR:International lejr skal samle kræfterne for at stoppe atomkraftindustrien|Danish]] | [[PR:International Camp To Gather Forces To Stop Atomic Business|English]] | [[PR:Kansainvälinen leiri yhdistää voimat ydinvoiman lopettamiseksi|Finnish]] | [[PR:Internationales Camp will Kräfte zum Stopp der Atomwirtschaft sammeln|German]] | [[PR:starptautiska nometne vasarā palīdzēs apvienot spēkus cīņai pret atomindustriju|Latvian]] | [[PR:Международный лагерь для объединения усилий против атомного бизнеса|Russian]] * ATOMIC BALTIC network: Gathering anti-nuclear struggles in the Baltic Sea region ''(December 16, 2013)'': [[PR:ATOMIC BALTIC network: Gathering anti-nuclear struggles in the Baltic Sea region|English]] | [[PR:ATOMIC BALTIC network: Samler anti-atomkraftkampen i Østersøregionen|Danish]] | [[PR:Atomic Baltic -verkosto kokoaa yhteen ydinvoimanvastaista toimintaa Itämeren alueella|Finnish]] | [[PR:ATOMIC BALTIC-Netzwerk: Anti-Atom-Kämpfe im Ostseeraum zusammen bringen|German]] | [[PR:ATOMIC BALTIC tīkls: Apvienojot pret atomenerģiju vērstos protestus Baltijas jūras reģionā|Latvian]] | [[PR:NAUJAS TINKLAS "BRANDUOLINĖS GRĖSMĖS BALTIJOS JŪROS REGIONE" STIPRINA ANTIBRANDUOLINĘ VEIKLĄ|Lithuanian]] * New initiative to strengthen anti-nuclear struggles: Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region ''(October 21, 2013)'': [[PR:New initiative to strengthen anti-nuclear struggles: Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region|English]] | [[PR:Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region - Uusi, kansainvälinen ydinvoiman vastainen verkosto aloitti toimintansa|Finnish]] | [[PR:Neue Initiative will Anti-Atom-Kämpfe unterstützen: Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region|German]] * [[PR:Neues grünes blatt: Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum|Neues grünes blatt: Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum]] ''(October 6, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> '''Media coverage:''' * [http://www.gk24.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20150126%2FKOSZALIN%2F150129788 O zagrożeniach atomowych w rejonie Bałtyku] ''(January 26, 2015)'' <small><small>Polish</small></small> * [http://n.apgw.de/newsletter_view.php?id=17 Do 9.10. "Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum" | Bürgerwache Bielefeld], in: Newsletter ''(October 8, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * radio interview on Chernobyl and Baltic Sea ''(April 28, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/images/6/68/Media_DAZ_2014-03-19-0030.jpg Von Mannsdorf gegen Atomkraft] ''(March 19, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/tagesthemen/einzelansicht/artikel/2014/03/12/atomkatastrophe-wuerde-den-ganzen-ostseeraum-verseuchen/ Atomkatastrophe wuerde den ganzen Ostseeraum verseuchen] ''(March 12, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.ngo-online.de/2014/03/12/fukushima-311-mahnt/ ATOMIC BALTIC: Fukushima mahnt - 3 Jahre und nichts geschieht] ''(March 12, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://schwarze.katze.dk/fotos/110314.html Anti-Atom Infostand Iserlohn zum 3. Jahrestages der Fukushima-Katastrophe] ''(March 12, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://antiatomcamp.nirgendwo.info/2014/02/26/pressemitteilung-internationales-camp-will-kraefte-zum-stopp-der-atomwirtschaft-sammeln/ Pressemitteilung: Internationales Camp will Kräfte zum Stopp der Atomwirtschaft sammeln] ''(February 26, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.ngo-online.de/2014/02/24/anti-atom-netzwerke-entwickeln-sich-rund-um-die-os/ Anti-Atom-Netzwerke entwickeln sich rund um die Ostsee] ''(February 24, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.radio-rum.de/gleis16/?p=800 radio contribution to "Gleis 16" broadcasting] ''(January 20, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.janun.de/veranstaltungen/kalender/atomgefahren_im_ostseeraum3 Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum] ''(January 14, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [https://www.freie-radios.net/61253 radio contribution to "ZIP FM" broadcasting] ''(January 14, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [https://rdl.de/beitrag/netzwerk-atomic-threats-baltic-sea-region-von-radio-unerh-rt-marburg Netzwerk "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region"] ''(January 13, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [https://www.freie-radios.net/61198 radio feature: Netzwerk "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region"] ''(January 10, 2014)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.komentaras.lt/news-en/atomic-baltic-network-gathering-anti-nuclear-struggles-in-the-baltic-sea-region?lang=en ATOMIC BALTIC network: Gathering anti-nuclear struggles in the Baltic Sea region] ''(January 3, 2014)'' <small><small>English</small></small> * [http://www.contratom.de/2013/12/23/atomic-baltic-netzwerk-anti-atom-kampfe-im-ostseeraum-vernetzen/ ATOMIC BALTIC-Netzwerk: Anti-Atom-Kämpfe im Ostseeraum vernetzen] ''(December 23, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/images/d/de/Media_DAZ_2013-12-0020.jpg Netzwerk rund um die Ostsee. Atomkraftgegner treffen sich in Mannsdorf] ''(December 20, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.oekonews.at/index.php?mdoc_id=1085874 ATOMIC BALTIC-Netzwerk: Anti-Atom-Kämpfe im Ostseeraum vernetzen] ''(December 20, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.ekologija.lt/ekorasciai/baltijos_juros_regiono_aktyvistai_stiprina_bendradarbiavima_pries_atomine_energetika Baltijos jūros regiono aktyvistai stiprina bendradarbiavimą prieš Atominę energetiką] ''(December 19, 2013)'' <small><small>Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://www.ekonaujienos.lt/naujienos/mokslas-ir-technologijos/energetika/atomine-energija/S-75/straipsnis/Baltijos-juros-regiono-aktyvistai-stiprina-bendradarbiavima-pries-atomine-energetika Baltijos jūros regiono aktyvistai stiprina bendradarbiavimą prieš atominę energetiką] ''(December 16, 2013)'' <small><small>Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://pranesimai.elta.lt/news/public_view/62546 BALTIJOS JŪROS REGIONO AKTYVISTAI STIPRINA BENDRADARBIAVIMĄ PRIEŠ ATOMINĘ ENERGETIKĄ] ''(December 16, 2013)'' <small><small>Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://www.zemaitijosgidas.lt/index.php?cid=45&new_id=127021 Baltijos jūros regiono aktyvistai stiprina bendradarbiavimą prieš atominę energetiką] ''(December 17, 2013)'' <small><small>Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://poko.lt/post/172751/ Baltijos jūros regiono aktyvistai stiprina bendradarbiavimą prieš atominę energetiką] ''(December 16, 2013)'' <small><small>Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/838082.ostsee-ist-radioaktiv-verseucht.html Ostsee ist radioaktiv verseucht] ''(November 6, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://takku.net/article.php/20131028192758875 Uusi, kansainvälinen ydinvoiman vastainen verkosto aloitti toimintansa] ''(October 28, 2013)'' <small><small>Finnish</small></small> * [http://www.contratom.de/2013/10/22/atomic-threats-in-the-baltic-sea-region-neue-initiative-will-anti-atom-kampfe-unterstutzen/ Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region: Neue Initiative will Anti-Atom-Kämpfe unterstützen] ''(October 22, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.ngo-online.de/2013/10/21/anti-atom-kaempfe-atomic-threats-baltic-sea-region/ Anti-Atom-Kämpfe: Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region] ''(October 21, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.eco-world.de/scripts/basics/econews/basics.prg?session=42f9420652544845_346044&a_no=27546 Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum. Diese Woche erscheint die druckfrische Herbstausgabe des gruenen blatts - Zeitung fuer Umweltschutz von unten] ''(October 8, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [http://www.sonnenseite.com/index.php?pageID=6&article:oid=a26691 Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum] ''(October 8, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [https://www.facebook.com/events/195344777313202/ "Atomic Threats in The Baltic Sea" project meeting] ''(September 13, 2013)'' <small><small>English/Lithuanian</small></small> * [http://www.anti-atom-hef.de/index.php?home/articles/16 Einladung zum neuen Anti-Atom-Projekt in den Ostsee-Anrainerstaaten] ''(September 7, 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [[g:2013-02:Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum|Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum]] ''(September 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> * [[s:Termine:Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum|Termine:Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum]] ''(September 2013)'' <small><small>German</small></small> === Additional financial resources === The grant we received provides a financial budget to get started. However, it can't cover everything - e.g. the later working meetings' travel costs are only covered by 70%. If you think we should be able to cover everything, we need to apply for more funding (or raise additional money otherwise). Volunteers for that task, please [mailto:atomicbalticATnuclear-heritage.net connect]{{Spamprotection}} to us! === Investigations === ''We calculated we would need at least 12 committed people to continuously investigate on all facilities in the region. So far, we found already more than 60 plants - and there could be more! We want to use five of our project meetings spread over the period between autumns 2013 and 2014 as deadlines to finish one topic per person and to publish a preliminary article on our website. Thus, we would have 60 articles in the end. However, as there are more articles, we also look for people who only want to commit to investigating on just one or a few facilties. Please [mailto:atomicbalticATnuclear-heritage.net contact]{{Spamprotection}} us if you can help!'' Here is the list of facilities and articles. Bold marked topics already have someone to [[Atomic Threats Around the Baltic Sea book project/investigations|investigate]] and write the article about. If articles or drafts of articles already exist online, the topics are linked to them. You are welcome to proofread them, and please use the "discussion" page of the article to leaf your comments and a contact information (like email address, phone number...). '''general topics''' * Radioactive contamination of the Baltic Sea * Åland in the shadow of nuclear power * Impacts of radioactivity in the Baltic Sea to Denmark * The (not only Baltic Sea-related) impacts of Chernobyl * Uranium Mining around the Baltic Sea * Nuclear transports across the Sea '''Belarus''' * Atomic Policy in Belarus :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * [[Astravyets NPP|Astravyets/Ostrovets NPP]] ''under construction'' * ''failed'' nuclear heating station Minsk<ref>http://de.nucleopedia.org/index.php?title=Kernheizkraftwerk_Minsk&oldid=8188 - as of October 8, 2016</ref> :''- other facilities -'' * closed IRT research reactor in [[we:Sosny|Sosny]], Minsk<ref>shut down 1988<br/>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_nuclear_reactors&oldid=742675118 - as of October 8, 2016</ref> * closed "Pamir" - mobile nuclear power reactor test in [[we:Sosny|Sosny]], Minsk<ref>shut down 1986<br/>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_nuclear_reactors&oldid=742675118 - as of October 8, 2016</ref> '''Denmark''' * Atomic Policy in Denmark :''- repositories -'' * [[Danish final disposal attempts]] :''- other facilities -'' * [[Risö Research Reactor|Risö research reactor]] * [[Roskilde Experimental Site]] '''Estonia''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Estonia]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''suggested'' 4th generation molten salt SMR<ref>http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Estonia-to-study-siting-of-Moltex-advanced-reactor - as of April 3, 2019</ref><ref>https://novaator.err.ee/920550/moodulreaktori-arendaja-eestis-voiks-asendada-polevkivi-minituumajaam - as of April 3, 2019</ref><ref>https://www.moltexenergy.com/news/details.aspx?positionId=114 - as of April 3, 2019</ref> :''- repositories -'' * '''[[Estonian Repository|Sillamäe repository]]''' * '''[[Paldiski interim disposal site]]''' * '''[[Tammiku]]''' :''- uranium facilities -'' * '''Kombinat 7''' in Sillamäe<ref>http://wise-uranium.org/uddeur.html#EE as of October 11, 2016</ref> :''- other facilities -'' * '''[[Soviet Nuclear Submarine Training Center]]''' '''Finland''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Finland|Atomic Policy in Finland]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * [[Loviisa]] NPP 1+2(+3) * '''[[Olkiluoto NPP]]''' 1+2+3(+4) * ''proposed'' [[Pyhäjoki]] NPP * ''failed'' Ruotsinpyhtää NPP * ''failed'' '''[[Simo]] NPP''' :''- repositories -'' * [[LMAW final repository at Loviisa NPP]] * [[Olkiluoto VLJ Repository]] * ''proposed'' [[Onkalo]] site :''- uranium facilities -'' * Norilsk Harjavalta Nickel Oy ''uranium extraction facility'' * OMG Kokkola Chemicals Oy ''uranium extraction facility'' * ''proposed'' [[Ranua]] mining site * [[Sokli mining site]] * '''[[Talvivaara mining site]]''' * ''proposed'' Tervola mining site * Ylitornio mining site * Paukkajanvaara uranium mill tailings <ref>http://wise-uranium.org/uddeur.html#FI as of October 11, 2016</ref> :''- other facilities -'' * [[FiR 1 Research Reactor|FiR 1 Research Reactor]] * Outokumpu Tornio Works steel factory '''Germany''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Germany]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''closed'' [[Greifswald NPP]] :''- repositories -'' * [[ZLN Lubmin]] :''- other facilities -'' * '''[[SUR Research Reactor Kiel|SUR research reactor]]''' * fusion reactor Wendelstein 7-x * ZAW Lubmin '''Latvia''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Latvia]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''failed'' '''[[Pāvilostas NPP]]''' :''- repositories -'' * '''[[Radons]]''' :''- other facilities -'' * '''[[Salaspils Research Reactor]]''' '''Lithuania''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Lithuania]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''closed'' [[Ignalina NPP]] * ''proposed'' '''[[Visaginas NPP]]''' :''- repositories -'' * [[Maišiagala Radioactive Waste Storage Facility]] * ''operating'' [[Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility at Ignalina NPP site]] * [[Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (B1 project)]] * [[Solid Waste Management and and Storage Facilities (project B2/3/4)]] * [[Low and intermediate radioactive waste disposal facility (project B25)]] * [[Very low level radioactive waste facilities (projects B19-1 and B19-2)]] '''Norway''' * Atomic Policy in Norway :''- other facilities -'' * research reactor at Halden<ref>https://www.energiezukunft.eu/politik/norwegen-hat-zwei-atomreaktoren-uebersehen/ as of March 3, 2019</ref> * 3 research reactors at Kjeller<ref>https://www.energiezukunft.eu/politik/norwegen-hat-zwei-atomreaktoren-uebersehen/ as of March 3, 2019</ref> '''Poland''' * '''[[Atomic Policy in Poland]]''' :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''proposed'' '''[[Żarnowiec NPP]]''' :''- repositories -'' * '''[[National Radioactive Waste Repository, Rozan|National Radioactive Waste Repository]]''' :''- uranium facilities -'' * '''[[Miningsites in Lower Silesia|mining sites in Lower Silesia]]''' * uranium mill + uranium mill tailings in Kowary<ref>http://wise-uranium.org/udeur.html#PL as of October 11, 2016<br/>http://wise-uranium.org/uddeur.html#PL as of October 11, 2016</ref> :''- other facilities -'' * '''[[National Center for Nuclear Research, Swierk - Poland|National Center for Nuclear Research Swierk]]''' * '''[[Research reactor MARYLA, krakow - poland|MARYLA research reactor]]''' * '''[[RWMP – Radioactive Waste Manegment Plant, Svierk|RWMP - Radioactive Waste Management Plant Svierk]]''' '''Russia''' * Atomic Policy in Russia :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''cancelled'' [[Baltic NPP]] * [[Leningrad NPP]] * ''cancelled'' Sosnowy Bor NPP<ref>https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kernkraftwerk_Sosnowy_Bor&oldid=154556741 - as of October 8, 2016</ref> :''- other facilities -'' * Soznovyj Bor ''waste burning & processing facilities'' * PIK research reactor '''Sweden''' * [[Atomic Policy in Sweden]] :''- commercial nuclear power plants -'' * ''closed'' [[Ågestaverket NPP]] * ''closed'' [[Barsebäck NPP]] * [[Forsmark NPP]] * ''abandoned'' [[Marviken NPP]] * '''[[Oskarshamn NPP]]''' * [[Ringhals NPP]] :''- repositories -'' * Äspölaboratoriet * [[Clab repository]] * FDS at Oskarshamn NPP * ''proposed'' [[Forsmark HAW repository]] * Labority for incapsulation * [[SFR Repository]] :''- uranium facilities -'' * [[Häggån]] * Kvarntorp experimental uranium extraction facility * ''failed'' [[Nianfors]] site * [[Ranstad Uranium Ore Processing Facility|Ranstadsverket]] uranium extraction facility * Vinterviken/Liljeholmen experimental uranium extraction facility :''- other facilities -'' * [[Sandviken Zirconium Alloy Tubing Facility]] * ''decommissioned'' [[Stockholm Research Reactor|R1 research reactor]] * '''[[Studsvik Nuclear Complex]]''' * ''decommissioned'' [[Studsvik Research Reactor|Studsvik research reactor]] * '''[[Västerås Fuel Elements Factory]]''' '''Appendix''' * [[Uranium deposits in the Baltic Sea region]] * ''proposed'' uranium exploration or mining sites * list of acronyms * index of keywords ==== Requirements for each facility article ==== ''Some of these requirements don't fit to certain types of plants - then you have to replace them by other reasonable basic information.'' * a picture of the facility that we are allowed to use * infobox with technical information about the facility, for example: ** operator ** capacity ** (How much radiation it sets free?) ** when started to build, when will be ready, delays... (depending of facility) ** how much a power plant produces ** type of reactor ** about exploration sites: Sizes ** how much waste a reactor produces per year, information about the fuel ** how many employees ** number of people living around the facility ** number of accidents * short text (1'500 characters max.) * contact details of critical groups working against this facility ** group name, phone, email, website, postal address * links to operator and critical websites ---- == Contact == Our main contact for you is situated in the ''[[International Network Office|International Network Office]]'' in Döbeln/Germany. Write or call us if you want to join the project, support us or need more information: :Projektgruppe "Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum" :c/o Projekthaus, Am Bärental 6 :D-04720 Döbeln :[mailto:atomicbalticATnuclear-heritage.net atomicbaltic AT nuclear-heritage.net]{{Spamprotection}} :phone: +49 3431 5894177 :fax: +49 911 3084477076 ---- == Promoters == This project is promoted and has been applied for a YOUTH programme grant by the following groups and organizations: * AntiNuclear Initiative ''(Poland)'' * Luonto-Liitto ''(Finland )'' * Projektgruppe "Atomgefahren im Ostseeraum" ''(Germany)'' :''Our group has been formed to promote this project on atomic threats around the Baltic Sea. We want to investigate and educate on the risks of nuclear power, connect to anti-nuclear groups in the region, and to raise the public awareness on the impacts of this technology on human beings and environment. As an informal group we can use the infrastructure of the project house in Mannsdorf, a part of the city of Döbeln. We are in touch with activists from other countries, particularly in the Baltic Sea region.'' :''Our group will take part in the investigations, and help to coordinate the project. We will take over responsibility for the bookkeeping of the project and for this application. We will take over the practical local preparation work for project gatherings, and we will care about the shipment of information material produced within the project.'' * Sonne + Freiheit ''(Austria)'' * WISE ''(Netherlands)'' * Wise Minds ''(Latvia)'' * ŽALI.LT ''(Lithuania)'' More organizations and groups are cooperating with us to support the intention of the "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region" project. We are very interested to gain more partners to put our ideas into practise, and to strengthen the networks of anti-nuclear activists in the area. <small><small>{{Footnotes}}</small></small> [[Category: Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region]] [[Category: Projects]] [[Category: Baltic Map]] [[Category: Finland]] [[Category: Germany]] [[Category: Latvia]] [[Category: Lithuania]] [[Category: Poland]] [[Category: English]]

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