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Publish date: February 8, 2005
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According to Oganesyan, construction of the oil platform for the Prirazlomnoe field is not finished by the specified time and it is planned to be completed by the end of this year if reqired financing is provided, ITAR-TASS reported.
The Prirazlomnoe field was discovered in 1989. It is located 70 km from the Pechorah Bay in the Barents Sea. The field contains more than 76.4 million tonn of all oil reserves at a depth from 2300 to 2500 meters. Futher potential oil reserves are embeded at a greater depth in 100 km range.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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.