Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, October 2024
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.
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Director of CCS Europe, Chris Davies’s take on the reliability of long-term CO2 storage
Publish date: July 14, 2023
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Director of CCS Europe, Chris Davies’s take on the reliability of long-term CO2 storage
This week, we are excited to feature an op-ed written by Chris Davies, director of CCS Europe, as part of the #CCS4NetZeroIndustry initiative. In the article, Chris debunks claims that question the reliability of long-term CO2 storage, emphasising the importance of understanding its safety.
This week, we are excited to feature an op-ed written by Chris Davies, director of CCS Europe, as part of the #CCS4NetZeroIndustry initiative. In the article, Chris debunks claims that question the reliability of long-term CO2 storage, emphasising the importance of understanding its safety.
Chris highlights the remarkable success of Norway’s Sleipner and Snohvit fields, where more than 20Mt of CO2 have been stored without any reported incidents of leakage. These real-world examples demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of CO2 storage.
To delve deeper into the subject of CO2 storage safety and the crucial role of CCS in achieving the goals of the Net Zero Industry Alliance (NZIA), we invite you to read Chris Davies’ insightful article below.
Read Davies’ article here.
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Bellona Nuclear Digest. October 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Putin leaves Kazakhstan without deal to build nuclear plant
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.
Moscow snips last ties to cooperative nuclear cleanup agreement with West
Russia is formally withdrawing from a landmark environmental agreement that channeled billions in international funding to secure the Soviet nuclear legacy, leaving undone some of the most radioactively dangerous projects and burning one more bridge of potential cooperation with the West.