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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: October 8, 2003
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Russian nuclear minister Alexander Rumyantsev stated that at the final meeting at the IAEA headquarters on September 16th, ITAR-TASS reported. According to Rumyantsev, Russia dismantles 15 nuclear submarines annually in the north-west Russia and Far East. Recently our European neighbours and Japan expressed their intentions to help Russia with this issue and allocate money for retired nuclear submarines dismantling added the minister. But the Japanese money can cover only one nuclear submarine dismantling.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...