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Publish date: March 22, 2006
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He stresses that the two oldest reactors are classified among the most dangerous in the world. The reactors recently got prolonged its lifetime limit with 15 years. Head of information in Hydro, Tor Steinum, does not want to comment on the company’s plans in Murmansk region to the Norwegian state channel NRK.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
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.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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.