February 18, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Nuclear reactor near St Petersburg Russia back online after weekend hiccup The No 1 reactor at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II that was taken offline due to an unknown system…
February 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom reportedly reaching new deal to complete Turkish nuclear plant Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, is close to reaching an agreement for a new partner in a nuclear power plant…
February 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Norway’s radiation officials detect slight uptick of radioactive iodine in the air Norwegian authorities have reported trace amounts of radioactive iodine 131 in the atmosphere, which emerged last week in measurements taken…
February 12, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia set to decommission the world’s most remote nuclear power plant Russia’s government has approved plans to begin decommissioning what are perhaps the most secluded commercial nuclear reactors in the world,…
February 11, 2019 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Russian industrial giant promises to stop polluting Norway Officials at a Russian nickel smelting works that released dangerous air pollution into Northern Norway last month have said they…
February 1, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Hungary seeks to postpone loan payback to Russia for Nuclear power plant: What will the final cost be? Budapest is seeking to modify the terms of a loan it must repay to Russia for building two new VVER-1200…
January 30, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping Russian port data show huge increases in Arctic shipping While some in Vladimir Putin’s government may worry that they won’t be able to meet his goal of shipping 80…
January 28, 2019 Industrial Pollution Russian industry causes dangerous pollution spike in neighboring Norway Residents of Northern Norway were warned to stay indoors on Friday after authorities detected a smog of dangerous pollutants emanating…
January 23, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Bellona’s Arctic Frontiers event offers safe fuels for Arctic shipping expansion The Arctic’s icecap is shrinking 12 percent faster than it was a decade ago, and nearly all of its older…
January 23, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport Will green license plates spark an electric car revolution in Russia? It’s worth a shot As Russia works to catch up with a worldwide shift toward electric cars, one influential Moscow think tank says it…
January 21, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russian Ministers try nervously to fulfill Putin’s Arctic shipping goals Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed last year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must increase…
January 17, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, International climate conferences Moscow’s response to climate change: Bring it on As the Russia ponders a future of warming temperatures throughout the Arctic and much of Siberia, the Kremlin has adopted…
January 17, 2019 Climate change, Industrial Pollution Feeding the Plastic planet minute by minute: Anthropocene the plasticscene One simple question: “When you go grocery shopping why can we buy gluten-free, fat-free, dairy-free; but not plastic-free?”
January 15, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association Some of the biggest firsts in the history of nuclear science came from a place that originally had no name.…
January 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days Recent announcements by Russia that it will decommission the Leningrad nuclear plant’s No 1 reactor have opened a broader discussion…
January 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant Russian nuclear officials say they have taken a Soviet-built nuclear reactor out of operation after 45 years of service, in…
January 9, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport Norway again sets record for electric car sales Almost one in three cars sold in Norway last year was purely electric, setting a new world record for the…
January 9, 2019 European Union, Future energy system, Industrial Pollution, Organization, Transport Romania’s 1st EU Council Presidency: what are the implications for mobility and climate change? After Bulgaria and Austria in 2018, it is now the turn of Romania to take the European Council Presidency, starting…
January 7, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Gas Yamal LNG project built on a shifting foundation of climate change The polar icecap is retreating under the withering effects of climate change, but if Russian officials with the Yamal LNG…
January 3, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests Shortly before Christmas, Murmansk’s Public Council for the Safe Use of Atomic Energy convened a meeting aboard the Akademik Lomonosov,…
