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Elon Musk activates his satellite internet service in Ukraine
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
the billionaire Elon Musk has activated in Ukraine Starlink, satellite internet servicefollowing receiving a request in this regard from the Ukrainian government, which has been facing a Russian military offensive since last Thursday.
“Starlink service is active now in Ukraine. More terminals on the way,” SpaceX’s owner wrote on his Twitter account.
Previously, the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, went through the same social network to Musk to request the service.
“@elonmusk, while you are trying to colonize Mars, Russia is trying to occupy Ukraine. While their rockets are successfully landing in space, Russian rockets are attacking the Ukrainian civilian population. We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations…,” he wrote.
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Shortly following Musk confirmed the activation of the service in Ukraine.
“Thank you @elonmusk, thanks to everyone who has supported Ukraine”Fedorov replied.
BarcelonaThe RACC has begun a process of collective redundancies in the medical service that affects 69 of the 80 employees who work there (71 according to the staff) and that will involve the remodeling of the department. The assembly of workers that has been formed for the negotiation process has indicated in a statement, however, that the firm plans to close the service.
The management of the RACC has assured in statements to the ACN that the remodeling will focus on giving more benefits to the partner, who in no case will lose this service. He has admitted that he will leave the business sector. The workers, for their part, have assured that the company has informed them that, as a result of the loss of part of the corporate clients, the continuity of the service is unfeasible. Workers have lamented the news and said it is one of the most valued services.
On February 4, the first meeting of the negotiating table between the company and workers to negotiate the ERO took place. The employees presented a first counter-proposal to the company, which reduced the number of management staff to a staff of 19.7 full-time and that of supervisors from 5 people to 3. The workers did not propose changes in the medical staff because “it is already below the needs of the service” and claim that the company rejected this approach.
Employees also warn that since the beginning of the pandemic, the workforce of the medical service has been reduced by more than 35%, from 104 to 71 workers, a figure that the company has increased to 80. The negotiations will continue on Thursday.
According to the company, the medical service answered 46,081 calls for medical assistance during the summer, with an average of 500 daily calls, and coordinated 20,000 services and 1,500 transfers and repatriations for health reasons.
The cost of building a program of six new-generation EPR2 nuclear reactors is estimated at 51.7 billion euros, excluding financing costs, to which 4.6 billion would be added in the event of difficulty in implementation, indicates a government audit published on Friday 18 February.
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The commissioning of the first EPR2 is “planned for 2037”adds the audit, evoking “a total construction period of nearly 25 years, for a reactor operating life estimated by EDF at 60 years from their commissioning”.
The industrial construction program “not yet finalized, technical and economic uncertainties remain” and “the costing of the program like its schedule cannot be completely stabilized”however, underlines the report published by Matignon and available on the website of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
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The report also addresses the issue of waste generated by this project. “The waste that would be produced by new EPR2 type reactors is similar to that already produced by the operation of the current fleet”, he notes. Regarding the fate of the most radioactive, “at this stage, no redhibitory elements have been identified for their reception in the Cigeo center”the deep geological storage site under construction in the Meuse, according to the report.
However, it will take ” adjust “even “if necessary, reinforce or complete with operations on a larger scale” the maintenance strategy for Cigeo’s underground structures, depending on the results of monitoring and the duration of operation of the site.
Emmanuel Macron announced on February 10 the upcoming construction of six EPR2 reactors and a reflection to set up eight additional ones. This announcement came as the commissioning of the Flammanville EPR was once once more delayed a month earlier. The work around this reactor will have cost almost 10 billion euros more than the invoice initially presented. It should not be operational before 2024.