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Publish date: May 28, 2003
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The Regulatory examined the icebreaker, which is situated at the Murmansk Shipyard now. The icebreakers reactor has operated for 140,000 hours what is 1.5 times more than allowed. The specialists, however, believe that the reactors life operation can be extended to 175,000 hours. At the moment specialists from several research institutes, design bureau, and the Murmansk Shipping Company try to find the solution. After receiving the operating licence from the State Nuclear Regulatory, icebreaker Arctika will continue to convoy the cargo ships along the North Sea Route.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.