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Publish date: October 21, 2004
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Canada will sponsor the dismantlement of this multipurpose nuclear submarine, the shipyards press secretary Natalya Scherbinina told ITAR-TASS. The navy tugged the submarine to the shipyard. The shipyard is soon expecting the second Canadian submarine. Total three submarines will be scrapped with the help of Canada in the frames of the Global Partnership program signed by G8 countries in 2002. Canada allocates total $18m for dismantling of all three submarines.
Besides, the French delegation visited Zvezdochka in the end of September. The representatives of the group Technicatom examined the necessity for reconstruction of the facility for low-level radioactive waste burning. The document on further co-operation was signed as a result of the visit. The French party is ready to sign a contract with Zvezdochka on reconstruction of this facility immediately after the agreement on technical assistance between Russia and France is signed.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
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.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.