In Emsland, the French reactor manufacturer wants to produce Framatome fuel elements, with the help of a Russian state-owned corporation. The BUND sees danger of manipulation and complains.

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Romanians should prepare for very high electricity prices in the winter and spring of 2027, warned Cristian Bușoi, State Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, on Tuesday at a conference organized by InvesTenergy under the patronage of ANRE.

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“Reactors 1 and 2 at Cernavodă are still shut down, and we don’t have a clear timeline for their reopening. At least for the next ten days, the forecast looks very concerning, which prolongs a situation that, with every day it remains this way, poses a risk of rising electricity prices in the coming months—a risk that, of course, compounds the overall situation in Europe, where gas prices are already very high. The issue discussed there was that we need to prepare for a winter and a spring in 2027 with very high electricity prices. We don’t yet have a definitive plan, but there are some things we can already state very clearly.

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Cheap uranium extraction method & flooding leads to radiation peril:
“Those who eat Tobol River fish or drink the Kurgan water will injest uranium which will continue to alpha decay and irradiate people from the inside” says Physicist Andrey Ozharovsky. https://novayagazeta.eu/en/articles/2024/05/02/troubled-waters-en