Letter to the editor bnn august 21, 2017: nuclear research

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dear ladies and gentlemen, enclosed is a letter to the editor about the atomic days in karlsruhe. attached is a current dlf interview with michael sailer (ökoinstitut) - moderator of the itu (now jrc) mediation in leopoldshafen / linkenheim. this was the starting signal (with an eco-label) for the accelerated research on the 4th generation nuclear power plants in linkenheim. mr meinel represented the approval authority in the baden-württemberg ministry of the environment in the mediation process. mr. meinel, mr. sailer, um untersteller all used to work together at the ökoinstitut.
i would be very happy about a timely publication in the bnn.
many thanks in advance.

dramatic development in atomic research.u000bu000b
the last three articles on the atomic days in karlsruhe showed me the vicious circle of nuclear research and the dramatic situation, especially here in leopoldshafen/linkenheim. a new technology is being researched here: new 4th generation reactors in a compact design are intended to supply the world with electricity, but also with nuclear weapons-capable material and leave behind more nuclear waste.u000b
everything happens under the guise of “security research”. in reality, it's about 4th generation thorium liquid salt reactors; these now offer the simple possibility of continuously “tapping off” weapons-grade uranium 233 during nuclear power generation without any detours, which, among other things, enables the outdated atomic bomb potential to be renewed cost-effectively. the detour via today's extremely difficult and expensive technology with a fast breeder is no longer necessary, and the risk of further spread (proliferation) increases.u000b
as the icing on the cake to this madness, small mobile nuclear power plants (smr) are also being developed in parallel, which will then be able to produce decentralized, “cheaper” nuclear power than before in developing countries, including additional nuclear waste. u000b u000bit is unimaginable if this horror scenario becomes reality and this uncontrollable technology soon allows even small states, including terrorist states, to become nuclear weapons states - thanks to our nuclear friends at kit-nord, the jrc (formerly itu) and others.u000b
but you want to play along with the big nuclear powers and, with the molten salt reactors, provide one of the most dangerous civilian technologies ever developed!u000b i think this should no longer happen in germany, which is supposed to have phased out nuclear technology by 2022, and this research must be banned here.u000b
the fact that mr. meinel from the green environment ministry in stuttgart equates the dangers of a flight with the danger of incorporating radioactive aerosols when dismantling the nuclear reactors or of absorbing radioactive material (according to the 10usv concept) that can get into the soil and groundwater in household waste dumps over time was not worthy of a scientist and green politician. he only viewed a call from the delegates of the german medical association 2017 not to do this in a derogatory way.u000bu000b
the only bright spot for me (apart from the gain in information) was that the young students' forum no longer just insisted on safer nuclear power plants, as in 2015, but clearly called on science and politics to switch to renewable energies in the short term and to turn away from nuclear technology and its potential dangers.u000b
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with kind regards

wolfgang oberacker