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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: July 8, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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It was the fire protection system which shut the reactor down automatically after the fire was discovered in an electrical cable outside the reactor block. Both the German company Siemens and the French company Framatom have delivered new fire protection systems to Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, which operates two VVER-1000 reactors. The reactor that was shutdown on Monday had been operating since December 1986.
More than 120 incidents at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant were reported in the period from 1990 to 1994. The Russian civilian nuclear inspection agency Gosatomnadzor stated in 1994 that the plant is only allowed to operate its two reactors at 90 percent capacity, due to safety concerns.
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...