Balancing competitiveness and climate objectives: Bellona Europa’s insights on the Draghi Report
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
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Publish date: April 22, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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Feeling the squeeze of reduced budgets, the Russian army seeks extraordinary ways of survival. Last year, there were news stories revealing the plans to sell a nuclear powered submarine to a foreign country, earning some 2 billion USD. This year, the Defence Ministry has announced its intentions to use nuclear powered submarines to carry rich tourists to the North Pole.
The existing plans suggest that Typhoon-class submarines are the most suitable for such purposes. Typhoon-class is the biggest submarine in the world, which is able to take onboard some 200 passengers at a time.
On another tack, the initiative of the Defence Ministry contains no innovations. Since 1989, the nuclear powered icebreakers based in Murmansk have been making commercial trips to the North Pole, carrying tourists onboard. The price tag for such a trip amounts to 25,000 USD. The newest nuclear icebreaker Yamal, commissioned in 1993, received a special outfit at the shipbuilding yard to accommodate tourists. In this connection, one can think that the new generation strategic submarine of Borey-class, which is currently under construction in Severodvinsk, will have an extra space for those who are eager to pay big money to be onboard during a sea trile.
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
Russia is a world leader in the construction of nuclear power plants abroad. Despite the sanctions pressure on Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its nuclear industry has remained virtually untouched.
Today, the Bellona Foundation is launching the establishment of the Center for Marine Restoration in Kabelvåg, Lofoten. At the same time, collaboration agreements related to the center were signed with Norrøna, the University of Tromsø, the Lofoten Council and Blue Harvest Technologies
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