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Publish date: April 18, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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In Severodvinsk the loading operation is to be conducted by service boat PM-63 (Malina class) which is assigned to Severodvinsk yards. This boat was inspected by the Northern Fleet’s technical control authorities in the beginning of April. Out of 67 checked loading mechanisms onboard, only 4 were functioning properly. The inspection concluded that the boat requires overhaul repairment.
Moreover, in the morning on April 15, fire broke out at a warehouse at Belomorskay Naval base in Severodvinsk. The fire lasted into the late night. The area of Belomorskaya Naval base is used for spent fuel loading operations. There is no information on the level of damage brought by the fire.
Currently there are two locations in the Northwest Russia wherefrom spent fuel is shipped down to Mayak for reprocessing. One is located in Severodvinsk, while the other one is situated in the eastern part of Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula, on the territory of "Atomflot", base of the nuclear-powered ice-breaker fleet. The facilities at "Atomflot" are believed to be safer and more reliable, as spent fuel loading operations in Severodvinsk are conducted by only partly operational service boats.
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.