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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: December 8, 2006
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Russia and Indonesia signed an agreement to cooperate in the nuclear energy field during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was on a three-day visit to Russia.
"Indonesia will announce a tender on the construction of a NPP, either by the end of 2007 or not later than 2008," head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power Sergei Kiriyenko said. "We are ready to participate in the tender whenever it is announced."
Russia’s nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, Atomstroyexport, which is currently building five nuclear power plants in China, India and Iran, on contracts worth $4.5 billion, won a tender to build two 1,000-megawatt reactors for the Belene NPP, about 150 miles from Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, on October 30, reported RIA-Novosti.
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...