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+ | Like other countries that chose to generate electricity in nuclear | ||
+ | reactors, the Czech Republic is facing the problem where to put the | ||
+ | spent nuclear fuel. The dreams of its reuse as a raw material have | ||
+ | gone up in smoke, so the world is burdened every year with thousands | ||
+ | of tonnes of this highly dangerous waste, which has to stay isolated | ||
+ | from the biosphere safely for hundreds of thousands of years to come. | ||
+ | But who would want such a "neighbor"? Various European countries have | ||
+ | differing attitudes to finding the solution. The objective of the | ||
+ | international conference NEC 2018 "Nuclear waste: Unwanted legacy of | ||
+ | nuclear power" is to discuss, in the presence of international and | ||
+ | Czech experts, the options of finding a solution to the nuclear waste | ||
+ | problem without restricting citizens’ rights to defend their interests | ||
+ | and those of future generations. | ||
+ | Read more: | ||
+ | http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_Energy_Conference_2018 | ||
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************************************************************ * NukeNews #28 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service * ************************************************************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Preface ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXTTEXT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Outline of the current NukeNews issue #28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Preface 1. Final repository plans in Sweden failed 2. International Anti-nuclear Summer Camp 2018 3. News about nuclear power in California 4. When will the Czech Republic wake up from dreams of nuclear reactors? 5. Nuclear waste: Unwanted legacy of nuclear power XX. Upcoming events YY. About NukeNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Final repository plans in Sweden failed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After five weeks of reviewing the Swedish final disposal plans for high level active waste (HAW) in the Swedish Land and Environmental Court (MMD), the judges' conclusions were published in the end of January 2018: They recommended the government not to issue the operator SKB (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company) a license for their proposed underground repository 500 meters underground in Forsmark, on the coast north of Stockholm. However, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) stated to the government they support the application of SKB. It is unique that two governmental bodies land on totally different opinions. Read the complete article: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Final_repository_plans_in_Sweden_failed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. International Anti-nuclear Summer Camp 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We want to invite you to a week of international knowledge exchange, experience sharing and a warm feeling of resistance in France. Our international Anti-nuclear Summer Camp will take place close to Narbonne from 6th of August to 12th of August this year. We, the organizing group, are independent anti-nuclear activists from different countries across the world. We want to organise a gathering with a lot of space for international networking, share of knowledge and experiences and extend of knowledge about anti-nuclear topics. Also, we want to give the opportunity of summer camp feeling and fun. To give the summer camp a structure there are two main topics as a stream during the week: One part will be the uranium conversion facility of the company Orano (formerly Areva) in Narbonne-Malvési. We want to focus on this topic because we think it is important to support the local groups and to share knowledge about developments in uranium conversion processes like the disposal of radioactive waste. The other part will be the transport of Uranium in all stages and radioactive waste and the safety issues of it. Read more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/International_Anti-nuclear_Summer_Camp_2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. News about nuclear power in California ---------------------------------------------------------------------- California's Public Utilities Commission announced that the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility, the state's last operating reactors would be closed down at the end of its current license period in 2024-25, and possibly sooner if the facility's finances or safety issues suggest earlier closure. The same agency also returned over $873 million to ratepayers as part of the closure of San Onofre in Southern California in 2013. Protests continued around onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel at the former site which has many active faults close by. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. When will the Czech Republic wake up from dreams of nuclear reactors? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Czech Republic's energy security requires a new energy policy with an emphasis on the still untapped potential of energy efficiency and the necessary continuation of the development of renewable energy sources. The fulfillment of a number of obligations of today's rapidly obsolete State Energy Policy has been delayed for years. The fundamental deficiency of plans for building new reactors is the high investment costs – direct/indirect and current/future. Read the complete article: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/When_will_the_Czech_Republic_wake_up_from_dreams_of_nuclear_reactors%3F ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Nuclear waste: Unwanted legacy of nuclear power ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Like other countries that chose to generate electricity in nuclear reactors, the Czech Republic is facing the problem where to put the spent nuclear fuel. The dreams of its reuse as a raw material have gone up in smoke, so the world is burdened every year with thousands of tonnes of this highly dangerous waste, which has to stay isolated from the biosphere safely for hundreds of thousands of years to come. But who would want such a "neighbor"? Various European countries have differing attitudes to finding the solution. The objective of the international conference NEC 2018 "Nuclear waste: Unwanted legacy of nuclear power" is to discuss, in the presence of international and Czech experts, the options of finding a solution to the nuclear waste problem without restricting citizens’ rights to defend their interests and those of future generations. 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Upcoming events ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to send us your local and international events for the large upcoming events collection on Nuclear Heritage Network website, and for this extract in the NukeNews! http://upcoming.nuclear-heritage.net XX/YY/ZZ-XX/YY/ZZ: ABCDEFG http://... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YY. About NukeNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NukeNews is a multilingual newsletter system of the Nuclear Heritage Network. It reflects 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. The newsletter aims to inform and update as well activists as the interested audience. Your contributions to the NukeNews are welcome! Send them via email to "newsletter AT nuclear-heritage DOT net". The text should be very brief and in English. Please don't make it longer than one paragraph. We need a concise headline for your article, and you can add a link to a webpage providing more information. Deadline for the 29th issue of the NukeNews is 11th of May, 2018. Spread the word and learn more about the NukeNews: http://NukeNews.Nuclear-Heritage.NET