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Bellona nuclear digest. May 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: April 18, 1996
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Moscow April 18. The Bellona Foundation today, at a press conference in Moscow, presented text version of the new report about the environmental problems related to the Russian Northern Fleet. The report gives a detailed description of the nuclear problems related to the operation of nuclear powered submarines. This is the report the imprisoned former naval officer Alexandr Nikitin was working on when he was arrested by the Russian secret police FSB (former KGB) and accused of espionage. FSB claim that there are state secrets in the report and that Alexandr Nikitin is the source for this information. Bellona can prove that all the information in the report comes from open sources. Beside stating the fact that the condition at the storage facilities for radioactive waste in the North Fleet is full, in a very bad condition or both, the main conclusion that Bellona have drawn from the information in the report is as follows.
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...