News
Publish date: October 20, 1998
News
 |
Uniformed and armed guards appeared to keep the proceedings safelybehind closed doors shortly after the judge had made his desicion. |
 |
Prosecutor Gutsan |
 |
Gutsan and Schmidt meeting the press in the first break, while thejudges were making their desicion on whether to allow the public tofollow the proceedings. |
 |
From Bellona’s observers’ center, next door to the court |
 |
Two FSB agents entering the court |
Following Kazakhstan’s country-wide vote in favor of building a nuclear power plant earlier this month, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun a courtship of officialdom in Astana, the country’s capital, in apparent hopes of landing a contract to construct it.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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.