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Nuclear ice-breaker ”50 years of Victory” to be completed after 60 years of Victory

Publish date: May 30, 2003

The 8th Russian nuclear icebreaker will be completed in 2005, 60-years anniversary of the Second World War, ITAR-TASS reported.

The construction of the icebreaker was hindered by the financial problems. The construction of the ninth Russian nuclear icebreaker was launched back in 1989 at the Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg and was due to enter service in 1994. Alexander Rumyantsev, the Russian Nuclear Minister, told ITAR-TASS that the completion schedule was approved and $81.4 million was allocated from the state budget for the construction. The specialists of the Russian Nuclear Ministry will install the reactor core on the icebreaker.

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The role of CCS in Germany’s climate toolbox: Bellona Deutschland’s statement in the Association Hearing

After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.

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Bellona’s new working paper analyzes Russia’s big LNG ambitions the Arctic

In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.