Bellona nuclear digest. March 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: April 5, 2024
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We welcome the publication of both documents and the associated recognition of the relevance of CCS as a component of climate action in industry. The integration of CCS is of central importance for reducing process emissions. Together with the ETS1 and the end of certificate allocation, CCS sets a standard for profound emission reductions in emission-intensive industries. CCS is just one component of many in the climate protection portfolio — measures to avoid emissions must continue to have priority.
From our perspective, four points are particularly relevant:
Read the explanation of these points in our statement (in German).
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has told the United Nations atomic energy watchdog that Russia plans to restart Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, currently occupied by Russian troops and technicians, fueling worries about a serious nuclear accident on the front lines of a grinding military conflict.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Brussels, Belgium – Today, the European Parliament approved the newly revised Construction Products regulation (CPR)...
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.