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Thomas Neff (born 1955 in Linz) is an Austrian therapeutic masseur, an environmentalist and an activist in the Anti-nuclear movement in Austria. A resident of Schleedorf, he has been active for decades with the Platform Against Nuclear Dangers Salzburg (PLAGE) and is committed to environmental protection in many areas.

Personal life

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Thomas Neff began training as an electromechanic at the age of 15, actively championed workplace safety and environmental protection in his role as a youth representative, and worked in the trade as a skilled worker for ten years. Following his military and alternative civilian service, he trained as a therapeutic masseur and has been self-employed as a professional and therapeutic masseur since 1984. Neff's wife, Stefanie is also active in environmental causes and the movement against nuclear power.[1][2]

Wackersdorf Memorial (Salzburg)

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Wackersdorf Memorial at Mozartplatz

Neff is the initiator, planner, artist, and co-creator of the Wackersdorf Memorial (Salzburg). As early as the 1980s, Neff demonstrated against the construction of the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA) and was a regular activist on-site in Wackersdorf.[3][4] In 1999, marking the tenth anniversary of the halt in WAA construction, he conceived the idea for a Wackersdorf memorial after receiving a paperweight (a souvenir made from original sections of the construction site fencing)[5] from the Upper Palatinate. He quickly won over his fellow PLAGE activist Heinz Stockinger [de] to the project. For the memorial's design, Neff scaled up the paperweight thirteen-fold and also designed the concrete base. The base of the original construction fence in Wackersdorf had been built with a very steep incline to prevent protesters from reaching the fence directly; Neff's memorial base replicated this same angle of inclination.[6] The memorial was unveiled on July 20, 2000, at the opening of the Salzburg Festival and was consecrated by Vinzenz Baldemair (Provost of Mattsee Abbey).[7] Attendees included key figures from the "official" anti-Wackersdorf resistance movement: Hans Schuierer (former District Administrator of Schwandorf), Josef Reschen [de] (former Mayor of Salzburg), and Mayor Heinz Schaden.[8][9][10]

Environmental protection campaigns

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Neff's activism is characterized by numerous attention-grabbing and sometimes spectacular campaigns focused on environmental protection and opposition to nuclear energy.[11]

A clean Salzach river without chlorine bleaching

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In 1987–88, Neff campaigned vigorously against the use of toxic chlorine bleaching by the Hallein paper mill and advocated for a clean Salzach River. This demand was met politically in 1991 with the introduction of oxygen bleaching, allowing the Salzach to be revitalized downstream from Hallein.[12]

Radioactive clock faces

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Between 1988 and 1998, Neff examined the clock faces of alarm clocks and pocket watches and found that they emitted radioactive radiation. Neff received the "City of Linz Environmental Protection Award" for his years of work addressing the issue of radioactive luminous paints and other nuclides on the dials of alarm clocks and pocket watches, as well as for conducting measurements in kindergartens and private households.[13] Neff's research also led to extensive coverage in the Japanese media.[14][15] After Chernobyl, the Japanese journalist Hirokawa Ryuichi visited Neff and photographed him using a Geiger counter to check heavily contaminated fish.[16]

Radioactive speedometer dials in ÖBB locomotives

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After discovering with his Geiger counter[17] that alarm clock and watch dials emitted radiation, Neff also examined speedometer dials in Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) locomotives in 1997. He detected significantly higher levels of radiation. The dials were coated with a radium-based paste that made them glow in the dark. Neff gained unauthorized access to the ÖBB repair facility in Linz where speedometers were regularly dismantled and serviced and found that the workers' workbenches were also contaminated with radioactivity. ÖBB acknowledged the issue and, with Neff's assistance, removed the radioactive speedometer dials from 76 locomotives; the maintenance technicians' workstations also required extensive decontamination. In 1998, Neff was awarded the Environmental Protection Prize by the province of Upper Austria for this work.[18][19][20]

Radioactivity measurements in the Czech Republic

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In 2001, Neff conducted unofficial radioactivity measurements at the Mydlovary uranium sludge dump in the Czech Republic. Located ten kilometers from the Temelín Nuclear Power Station, 36 million tons of radioactive sludge (a legacy of a former uranium processing plant) are buried there. In 2002, he officially repeated the measurements with the legal assistance of the American lawyer Ed Fagan.[21][22][23]

Radioactivity in schools

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Neff, who has been using his Geiger counter to check for radiation in everyday environments since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, accidentally discovered uranium-bearing rock (pitchblende) in the biology classroom of the Herz-Jesu-Gymnasium in Salzburg-Liefering in 2016. Following this discovery in the school's mineral collection, he inspected biology classrooms at several other schools in Austria and found more uranium-bearing rock. Subsequently, as part of a doctoral research project by PLAGE member Peter Machart and in cooperation with the State of Salzburg a radiological screening of geological collections in schools was conducted; radioactive minerals were found in thirteen additional schools, and the affected collections were subsequently remediated.[24][25][26][27][28]

Quit Euratom actions

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Thomas Neff vs. Euratom on a wind turbine in Munderfing (Austria)
Hunger strike and referendum against Euratom

In 2003, Neff began a 14-day hunger strike at Vienna's Ballhausplatz against the preferential treatment of the nuclear industry afforded by the Euratom Treaty.[29][30] In 2011, he was primarily involved in the referendum "Out of Euratom." Neff was the driving force behind the referendum, which was held shortly before the Fukushima nuclear disaster.[31]

Quit Euratom at the Vienna Opera Ball

In 2007, anti-nuclear activists Stefanie Neff and Thomas Neff from the Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear Dangers and activists Roland Egger, Gabriele Schweiger, Gudrun and Hans Peter Horky (Nuclear Stop Upper Austria) staged a high-profile demonstration against the EURATOM Treaty (“Out of EURATOM”) at the Vienna Opera Ball.[32][33][34][35][36]

Actions on wind turbines

As early as 2014, Neff and other anti-nuclear activists from Flachgau made their voices heard against nuclear power and in favor of alternative energies with banners and a rappelling action from a 140-meter wind turbine in the Munderfing wind farm (Upper Austria).[37] In 2017, under the leadership of Thomas Neff, a 120-square-meter banner was unfurled on the wind turbine in Munderfing. The aim was to send an unmistakable message in favor of using renewable energies and against nuclear power. Neff and his team demanded Austria's withdrawal from the Euratom Treaty, which, in their view, promoted the nuclear industry. At the same time, they also wanted to support the pioneers of wind energy.[38][39]

Award-winning short video - "Quit Euratom"

In 2019, Neff conceived the idea for the film "Get Out of Euratom" (or "The Sick Nuclear Industry")[40]. Neff developed the concept for the action video and organized the financing and execution of the film project.[41] The short video exists in eight languages ​​(German, English, French, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Chinese, Japanese)[42] and in 2020 Neff received the European Solar Prize for it, awarded annually by the organization Eurosolar. The film was recognized in the "Media & Communication" category as an outstanding project for renewable energies.[43]

Art project - Banner on the move

On their travels, Thomas and Stefanie Neff always carry their banner "Raus aus Euratom" (Quit Euratom) with them, thus documenting their demands for a nuclear-free world. In 2010, the PLAGE activist launched the art project "Banner on the Move". [44][45][46][47]

Awards and honors

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Documentaries and interviews

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  • The Ailing Nuclear Industry – Short Video[58]
  • Quit Euratom - It's never too late!![59]
  • PLAGE "Making Of" / Get Out of Euratom / Now or Never[60]
  • "Conversations on Life" Series with Thomas Neff[61]
  • Gold Medal of Merit for Thomas Neff[62]
  • Schleedorf Resident (Thomas Neff) Always Carries a Geiger Counter[63]
  • Five Past Twelve – An Upside-Down World; Get Out of Euratom – It's Too Late – It's Never Too Late!![64]
  • No End to Fukushima – Solar Prize for Salzburg's PLAGE[65]
  • Climate peace diplomacy - Quit Euratrom - Eurosolar Turkey; interview with Thomas Neff, Eurosolar TV 2021[66]

Publications

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  • Thomas Neff: Radioaktive Belastung in der Arbeitswelt am Beispiel von Tachometern in ÖBB-Lokomotiven. Ein positives Beispiel verantwortungsbewußten Umgangs mit gefährlichen Stoffen. (Radioactive exposure in the workplace: the case of speedometers in ÖBB locomotives. A positive example of the responsible handling of hazardous substances.)[67]

References

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  1. ↑ Ein Dauerläufer gegen Atomkraft - Der Schleedorfer Thomas Neff engagiert sich seit 37 Jahren in der Anti-Atom-Bewegung und schaffte vor 25 Jahren mit vielen Mitstreitern mit dem längsten Transparent sogar einen Weltrekord, Flachgauer Nachrichten, 29 April 2015
  2. ↑ Thomas Neff - Lebensgespräch 2018, KommEnt (Gesellschaft für Kommunikation, Entwicklung und dialogische Bildung) 4/2019, p. 24–27, ISBN 978-3-9504408-2-9
  3. ↑ Ein „DenkMal“ gegen Atomkraft feiert auf dem Mozartplatz in Salzburg Jubiläum - Dank des Schleedorfers Thomas Neff gibt es seit 25 Jahren das Wackersdorf-Denkmal in Salzburg. (A "monument" opposing nuclear power is marking an anniversary in Salzburg's Mozartplatz: thanks to Thomas Neff from Schleedorf, the Wackersdorf monument has stood in Salzburg for 25 years.), (as PDF), Salzburger Nachrichten, 16 July 2025
  4. ↑ Atomenergie ist teuer, gefährlich und keine Zukunftslösung – Fest der Plattform gegen Atomgefahren beim vor 25 Jahren errichteten Anti-WAA-Denkmal (Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous, and not a solution for the future – Festival held by the Platform Against Nuclear Dangers at the anti-reprocessing plant monument erected 25 years ago.), Plattform Zivilgesellschaft Salzburg, 19 July 2025
  5. ↑ Das Ende einer Zaun-Karriere - Abschied vom Bauzaun in Wackersdorf - er ruhe in Frieden! (The end of a fence's career - bidding farewell to the construction fence in Wackersdorf – may it rest in peace!), taz, 28 March 1990
    Company owner Anton Schönberger from Schwarzenfeld/Schwarzach erected the WAA construction fence, dismantled it in 1990, and subsequently sold sought-after souvenirs made from the fencing.
  6. ↑ Das WAAhnMal, PLAGE-News, 12 July 2000
    Wackersdorfdenkmal Das Wackersdorf-WAAhnmal zieht um, (The Wackersdorf WAA memorial is moving), PLAGE
  7. ↑ Idee des Atomgegners (Neff) - Wackersdorf-Denkmal, (Idea of ​​the anti-nuclear activist (Neff) – Wackersdorf memorial), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 20 July 2000
  8. ↑ 20 Jahre PLAGE: Stationen eines langen Weges 1986 - 2006, (20 Years of PLAGE: Milestones of a Long Journey 1986–2006), - PLAGE Plattform News, 3/2006, p. 2
  9. ↑ Der „Titan von Wackersdorf“ wird 90 Jahre alt. (The "Titan of Wackersdorf" (Hans Schuierer) turns 90.), Salzburger Nachrichten, 6 February 2021
    Handschlag-Foto, Kultur gegen die WAA, p. 10
  10. ↑ Katja Schumann: Mozart, Musik und Mahnmal - Wackersdorf liegt in Österreich? - Enthüllung zum Start der Festspielsaison am Donnerstag, 20. Juli / Symbol des Widerstands, Mittelbayerische Zeitung, July 2000
  11. ↑ Thomas Neff - Aktionsleiter und Kassier (Thomas Neff – Campaign Manager and Treasurer), (as PDF, 2020), www.plage.at
  12. ↑ Thomas Neff - Lebensgespräch am 27.09.2018 (Thomas Neff – Conversation about his life, September 27, 2018), Die Welt ist voller Mut - Dokumentation der KommEnt-Lebensgespräche, komment papers 04, 2019, p. 24–27, ISBN 978-3-9504408-2-9
  13. ↑ Certificate: City of Linz Environmental Protection Award 1998 to Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  14. ↑ Strahlende Wecker - Interview mit Thomas Neff, (Radiant Alarm Clocks – Interview with Thomas Neff), Plage News 9/1988 auf www.plage.at
  15. ↑ Videobotschaft von Klimaschutzministerin Leonore Gewessler, (Video message from Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler) Goldenes Verdienstzeichen durch Leonore Gewessler BMK 2021
  16. ↑ Stoppt die Atom-Gefahr - Thomas Neff, Anti-Atom-Aktivist von Beginn an, hat Salzburgs Verstrahlung nach Tschernobyl dokumentiert (Stop the nuclear danger - Thomas Neff, an anti-nuclear activist from the beginning, has documented Salzburg's radiation after Chernobyl.), Kronen Zeitung, 20 March 2011
  17. ↑ Geigerzähler im Handschuhfach - Allzeit bereit. Thomas Neff ist für den atomaren Ernstfall gerüstet. Er hat seinen Geigerzähler immer dabei. Und ist mit Schutzanzügen ausgerüstet., Salzburger Nachrichten, 15 March 2011
  18. ↑ Thomas Neff: Radioaktive Belastung in der Arbeitswelt am Beispiel von Tachometern in ÖBB-Lokomotiven (Radioactive exposure in the workplace: the case of speedometers in ÖBB locomotives), PLAGE 18 June 1998 oebb.doc (www.oebb.at)
  19. ↑ Radioaktives Gestein in Schulen gefunden - In elf Salzburger Schulen lagerte über Jahrzehnte hochbrisantes Material: radioaktives Gestein, das einst dem Unterricht diente. Wie soll man mit diesen Pechblenden umgehen, um Gefahren abzuwenden? (Radioactive rock found in schools – Highly hazardous material had been stored in eleven Salzburg schools for decades: radioactive rock that was once used for teaching purposes. How should these pitchblende samples be handled to avert danger?), profil, 15 October 2016
  20. ↑ Certificate: 1998 Environmental Protection Award of the State of Upper Austria for Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  21. ↑ Atommüllager Tschechien (Czech Republic nuclear waste storage facility), www.plage.at
  22. ↑ Strahlenverseuchtes "Naturgebiet" - In der Nähe des Atomkraftwerks Temelin lauert weitere Gefahr (Radiation-contaminated "nature reserve" - ​​Further danger lurks near the Temelin nuclear power plant), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 3 May 2001
  23. ↑ Atommüll-Lager bedroht uns! Salzburger fanden knapp hinter Grenze hochstrahlende Urandeponie (Nuclear waste storage threatens us! Salzburg residents found a highly radioactive uranium dump just across the border), Kronen Zeitung, 23 September 2001
  24. ↑ Radioaktive Gesteine an Salzburger Schulen (Radioactive rocks at Salzburg schools), www.plage.at
  25. ↑ Atominstitute - In elf Salzburger Schulen lagerte über Jahrzehnte hochbrisantes Material: radioaktives Gestein, das einst dem Unterricht diente. Wie soll man mit diesen Pechblenden umgehen, um Gefahren abzuwenden? (Atomic Institutes - For decades, highly hazardous material was stored in eleven Salzburg schools: radioactive rock that was once used for teaching purposes. How should this pitchblende be handled to avert danger?), Profil (magazine), 17 October 2016, p. 78–80
  26. ↑ Strahlenproben - In Salzburgs Schulen wurde vergangenen Sommer hochbrisantes Material gefunden: radioaktives Gestein, das früher dem Unterricht diente. Die Pechblenden sind inzwischen gesichert. Wie gehen die restlichen Bundesländer mit dem Problem um? (Radiation samples – Highly hazardous material was discovered in Salzburg schools last summer: radioactive rock that was once used for teaching purposes. The pitchblende samples have since been secured. How are the other federal states dealing with the issue?), Profil (magazine), 6 February 2017, p. 56f.
  27. ↑ Steine aus Salzburger Schulen sind radioaktiv (Stones from Salzburg schools are radioactive), Salzburger Nachrichten, 17 October 2016
    Schulen wussten nichts von ihrem radioaktiven Gestein - Thomas Neff von der Plattform gegen Atomgefahren entdeckte das Material zufällig in einer Salzburger Schule und informierte das Land. (Schools were unaware of their radioactive rock - Thomas Neff of the Platform Against Nuclear Dangers discovered the material by chance in a Salzburg school and informed the state authorities.), Salzburger Nachrichten, 17 October 2016
  28. ↑ Radioaktive Steine an Schulen entdeckt - Uran-Pechblenden in Geologiesammlung - Hohe Strahlung, aber keine Gefährdung (Radioactive rocks discovered at schools - uranium-bearing pitchblende in geology collection - high radiation levels but no danger), Kronen Zeitung, 17 October 2016
  29. ↑ Hungerstreik gegen Euratom (Hunger strike against Euratom), CBA-Media-Podcast, Radiofabrik Salzburg 2003
  30. ↑ Hungerstreik beendet, der Kampf geht weiter - Atomprotest: Fastensuppe als erste Mahlzeit (Hunger strike ends, the struggle continues - Nuclear protest: Fasting soup as first meal), Kronen Zeitung, 20 April 2003
  31. ↑ Volksbegehren „Raus aus Euratom“ läuft bis 7. März (The referendum “Out of Euratom” runs until March 7th), Kronen Zeitung, 2 March 2011
  32. ↑ Raus aus EURATOM - atomstopp und PLAGE auf Wiener Opernball (Out of EURATOM - atomstop and PLAGUE at the Vienna Opera Ball), www.plage.at
  33. ↑ Atomausstiegs-Walzer - Anti-Atom-Auftritt zu Walzerklängen: Flachgauer und oberösterreichische Atomkraftgegner tanzten beim Opernball für den EURATOM-Ausstieg. (Nuclear phase-out waltz - Anti-nuclear performance to waltz music: Anti-nuclear activists from Flachgau and Upper Austria danced at the Opera Ball in support of the EURATOM phase-out), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 22 February 2007
  34. ↑ Opernball - atomstopp_oberoesterreich und Salzburger Plattform gegen Atomgefahren (PLAGE) auf Wiener Opernball 2007 (Opera Ball - atomstopp_oberoesterreich and Salzburg Platform against Nuclear Dangers (PLAGE) at the Vienna Opera Ball 2007), atomstopp-magazine 2007, Nr. 198, p. 6 f.
  35. ↑ Antiatom-Protest beim Opernball! (Anti-nuclear protest at the Opera Ball!), Kronen Zeitung, 16 February 2007
  36. ↑ Der "Plagegeist" - Schleedorfer Umweltaktivist Thomas Neff demonstrierte am Opernball (The "pest" - Schleedorf environmental activist Thomas Neff demonstrated at the Opera Ball), Salzburger Nachrichten, 28 February 2007
  37. ↑ Atomprotest auf dem Windrad - Mit Transparenten und einer Abseilaktion von einem 140 Meter hohen Windrad im Windpark Munderfing setzten Flachgauer Aktivisten Zeichen gegen Atomstrom und für Alternativenergien. (Nuclear protest on the wind turbine - With banners and an abseiling action from a 140-meter-high wind turbine in the Munderfing wind farm, activists from Flachgau made a statement against nuclear power and for alternative energies.), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 22 October 2014
  38. ↑ Windrad wurde zum Zeichen gegen Atomkraft - Ein 120 Quadratmeter großes Transparent entrollten die Anti-Atomaktivisten rund um den Schleedorfer Thomas Neff auf einem Windrad in Munderfing. (Wind turbine became a symbol against nuclear power - Anti-nuclear activists around Thomas Neff from Schleedorf unfurled a 120 square meter banner on a wind turbine in Munderfing), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 9 November 2017
  39. ↑ Windrad als Zeichen gegen Atomkraft (Wind turbine as a symbol against nuclear power) - www.plage.at
  40. ↑ Quit Euratom - It’s never too late!!, YouTube, 3 Min
  41. ↑ Auszeichnung mit dem Europäischen Solarpreis - Kurzvideo "QUIT EURATOM" (Awarded the European Solar Prize - short video "QUIT EURATOM") - www.plage.at
  42. ↑ Quit EURATOM international YouTube
    Our short video is now available in 7 more languages. www.plage.at
  43. ↑ Schleedorfer freuen sich über Eurosolarpreis für Anti-Atomfilm - Mit dem dreiminütigen Film „Die kranke Atomwirtschaft“ gewannen Thomas und Stefanie Neff von der Plattform gegen Atomgefahren PLAgE den Europäischen Solarpreis in der Kategorie Medien. (Schleedorf residents are delighted about the Eurosolar Prize for their anti-nuclear film - Thomas and Stefanie Neff from the platform against nuclear hazards PLAGE won the European Solar Prize in the media category with their three-minute film "The Sick Nuclear Industry".), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 18 February 2021
  44. ↑ Art project “Transparent on the move”, www.plage.at
  45. ↑ Atomprotest auf dem Windrad - Mit Transparenten und einer Abseilaktion von einem 140 Meter hohen Windrad im Windpark Munderfing setzten Flachgauer Aktivisten Zeichen gegen Atomstrom und für Alternativenergien. (Nuclear protest on the wind turbine - With banners and an abseiling action from a 140 Meter high wind turbine in the Munderfing wind farm, activists from Flachgau made a statement against nuclear power and for alternative energies.), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 23 October 2014
  46. ↑ In Namibia gegen Atomgefahr - Schleedorfs Anti-Atom-Kämpfer Thomas Neff nutzt seine Reisen, um auf die Gefahren der Kernenergienutzung aufmerksam zu machen. In Namibia informierte er sich über den Uranabbau. (In Namibia against the dangers of nuclear power – Schleedorf's anti-nuclear campaigner Thomas Neff uses his travels to draw attention to the dangers of nuclear energy use. In Namibia, he learned about uranium mining), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 30 September 2015
  47. ↑ Kampf gegen Atomgefahren ist grenzenlos - Auch die schottische Hauptstadt Edinburgh war nicht vor dem Schleedorfer Anti-Atomkämpfer Thomas Neff sicher. Er prangert die „Knebelung der WHO“ durch die Atomlobby an. (The fight against nuclear dangers knows no bounds even the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, was not safe from the anti-nuclear activist Thomas Neff from Schleedorf. He denounces the "gagging of the WHO" by the nuclear lobby), Salzburger Nachrichten, 11 September 2018
  48. ↑ In Namibia gegen Atomgefahr - Schleedorfs Anti-Atom-Kämpfer Thomas Neff nutzt seine Reisen, um auf die Gefahren der Kernenergienutzung aufmerksam zu machen. In Namibia informierte er sich über den Uranabbau. (PDF), Flachgauer Nachrichten, 30. September 2015
  49. ↑ Certificate: City of Linz Environmental Protection Award 1998 to Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  50. ↑ Certificate: 1998 Environmental Protection Award of the State of Upper Austria for Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  51. ↑ Quit Euratom - It’s never too late!!, YouTube, 3 Min
  52. ↑ Schleedorfer freuen sich über Eurosolarpreis für Anti-Atomfilm - Mit dem dreiminütigen Film „Die kranke Atomwirtschaft“ gewannen Thomas und Stefanie Neff von der Plattform gegen Atomgefahren PLAGE den Europäischen Solarpreis in der Kategorie Medien., (Schleedorf residents delighted by Eurosolar Prize for anti-nuclear film – Thomas and Stefanie Neff of the PLAGE platform (Platform Against Nuclear Dangers) won the European Solar Prize in the media category with their three-minute film "Die kranke Atomwirtschaft" (The Ailing Nuclear Industry) Flachgauer Nachrichten, 18 February 2021
  53. ↑ Aktionsleiter Thomas Neff erhält das Goldene Verdienstzeichen der Republik Österreich (Thomas Neff receives the Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria.) - www.plage.at
  54. ↑ Videobotschaft von Klimaschutzministerin Leonore Gewessler (Video message from Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler), BMK 2021 (translated text)
    Dear Mr. Thomas Neff,
    You dedicated yourself entirely to the cause of environmental protection at an early age. Through your involvement in numerous protest movements such as the campaign to save the Hainburg floodplain forest, the fight against water pollution in Hallein, and the opposition to the Rannatal pumped-storage power plant you were able to initiate vital dialogues between the media and various interest groups, thereby helping to establish and strengthen a range of environmental organizations.
    Your work investigating hazardous radiation in residential areas and on farms in Salzburg and Upper Austria-involving the acquisition of measuring equipment and detailed, long-term documentation-yielded important insights and, above all, led to the issuance of new recommendations. Your research into radioactive paint on watch dials even garnered extensive coverage in the Japanese media. Collaborative efforts with the Seibersdorf Research Center [de] made repair work on ÖBB trains which until then had involved materials emitting low-level radiation safer for the personnel involved. Furthermore, it was through your awareness raising efforts that the issue of radiation exposure caused by pitchblende in schools was brought to light.
    Today, I would like to thank you for your efforts to protect the environment and your fellow human beings, as well as for your exemplary commitment, and to present you with the Golden Medal of Merit.
  55. ↑ Certificate: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria 2020 for Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  56. ↑ Umwelt-Verdienstzeichen Land Salzburg 2021 (Salzburg State Environmental Merit Award 2021)
  57. ↑ Certificate: Salzburg Environmental Award 2022 for Thomas Neff - (Wikimedia Commons)
  58. ↑ Die kranke Atomwirtschaft - Kurzvideo, www.plage.at, 3 min
  59. ↑ Quit Euratom - It’s never too late!! (Quit Euratom - It’s never too late!!), YouTube, 3 min
  60. ↑ PLAGE making of / Raus aus Euratom / Jetzt oder nie, YouTube, 3 min
  61. ↑ Reihe "Lebensgespräche" mit Thomas Neff, Salzburger Bildungswerk, 27 September 2018, Moderation: Jean-Marie Krier auf YouTube, 99 min
  62. ↑ Goldenes Verdienstzeichen für Thomas Neff durch Leonore Gewessler Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure 2021, YouTube 2 min
  63. ↑ Schleedorfer (Thomas Neff) hat Geigerzähler immer dabei, Salzburger Nachrichten aktuell, 2 September 2011 auf YouTube, 3 min
  64. ↑ Fünf nach Zwölf - verkehrte Welt, Raus aus Euratom - es ist zu spät - es ist nie zu spät!! 9 May 2022, YouTube, 1 min
  65. ↑ Fukushima und kein Ende – Solarpreis für Salzburger PLAGE, Thomas Neff berichtet von der Verleihung des Europäischen Solarpreises und von den spektakulären Aktionen und Fotos gegen die Atomenergie auf der ganzen Welt gemacht hat!, cba-media, 9 March 2021, 60 min
  66. ↑ Climate peace diplomacy - Quit Euratrom - Eurosolar Turkey (German) with Thomas Neff (min 47-73), Eurosolar TV 2021, YouTube 102 Min
  67. ↑ Radioaktive Belastung in der Arbeitswelt am Beispiel von Tachometern in ÖBB-Lokomotiven, PLAGE 18 June 1998 oebb.doc (www.oebb.at)
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