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Publish date: January 9, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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According to the initial plans, the sub was scheduled to enter active service in 1996. But according to the Severodvinsk daily Severny Rabochy, the Akula-class submarine, laid down in 1991, is still in the dock..
The Sevmash builders planned to complete the aft part of the boat by New Year. In the first part of 1998, the equipment in the control room compartment is to be installed. During spring 1998, the naval crew is to arrive on board and is supposed to start "getting familiar" with the boat while it is still not ready for operations. The innovation of letting the crew on board an "unfinished" sub is apparently due to attempts to reduce delays with the delivery schedule.
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.