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Publish date: March 20, 2006
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According to the regional administration in the Yamal-Nenets Autonmous region, a total of 283.5 billion m3 of new gas reserves were found in 2005, which is 19 percent less than in 2004, BarentsObserver reported.
The companies also found 13 million tons of new oil resources on the peninsula, which is 45 percent more than in 2004. The amount of gas condensate found totaled 18.5 million tons, which is up 229 percent from 2004. According to Alexander Bruy, the bigger amounts of detected oil resources come as a result of the opening of two new major oil fields.
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.