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Publish date: February 3, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The regional authorities of the Kola Peninsula has decided to use the new generation of VVER-640 reactors at the planned Kola Nuclear Power Plant 2 (KNPP-2). The new installation will be located eight kilometres from the currently operational Kola Nuclear Power Plant, the ageing reactors of which it is planned to replace. KNPP-2 will consist of three nuclear reactors, each with an output of 640 MW. Allthough a construction licence for the first of the three reactors already has been granted, the time schedule for the project is still uncertain due to lacking funds.
The Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russia is planning a total of eight new VVER-640 reactors to be constructed in the near future. In addition to the Kola Peninsula, construction works are due to start at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant in Sosnovy Bor (1 reactor) and at the planned Far East Nuclear Power Plant (4 reactors), according to "Report from the Ministry of Atomic Energy of Russia on VVER-640 reactors", Moscow, 1996.
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.
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