August 12, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Dismantlement of Russia’s most radioactive ship reaches milestone The Lepse nuclear service ship, long one of the most dangerous Soviet era radiation hazards in Northwest Russia, has finally been emptied of […]
August 11, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Damaged spent nuclear fuel to depart Andreyeva Bay next year, say officials A milestone process to remove damaged spent nuclear fuel at a former Arctic submarine base will commence next year, officials have said, as […]
August 6, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia The adventures of depleted uranium hexafluoride in Russia The renewed import of nuclear materials from Europe to Russia has raised important questions for environmentalists: Is the substance […]
July 15, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom, Norway and Bellona discuss nuclear cleanup work in Northwest Russia Nuclear officials from Russia and Norway have met online to discuss raising sunken nuclear submarines from Arctic waters, the bulk of which […]
July 2, 2020 Fisheries, Renewable energy Bellona allies with ABB and Bremnes Seashore in world’s first fully electric fish farm Aquaculture in Norway is a billion-dollar business. Chances are that if you’ve eaten salmon anytime in the last six months, that’s where […]
June 29, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia denies it’s behind minor European radiation spike Russia over the weekend denied that its nuclear power plants were the source of a minor radiation spike detected by Scandinavian regulators […]
June 25, 2020 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Environmental activists are under severe pressure, new report concludes Russia’s law on ‘foreign agents’ has put an undue burden on the country’s environmentalists, hampering the addressing myriad […]
June 23, 2020 Arctic, Climate change Siberian village records Arctic’s hottest temperature ever One of the coldest places on earth last weekend became one of the hottest when a small town in northern Siberia registered a temperature of […]
June 22, 2020 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Oil Oil spill in Russian Artic had many causes, environmentalists say Environmentalists say that accidents like an oil spill above Russia’s Arctic Circle could be avoided by eliminating systemic problems that […]
June 11, 2020 Arctic, Renewable energy, Wind Coronavirus hasn’t slowed construction progress at Russia’s Arctic wind farm The cornavirus pandemic may have slowed renewable energy projects worldwide – but the first industrial scale wind park above the Arctic […]
June 9, 2020 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Oil As Arctic oil spill spreads, Bellona offers assistance An oil spill near Norilsk above the Russian Arctic Circle has crept into a glacial lake after seeping through barriers meant to staunch its […]
June 8, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Fossil fuels Russian prosecutor orders checks on permafrost-bound industry in wake of Arctic oil spill Russian prosecutors have ordered checks on infrastructure built on permafrost after a fuel tank collapsed in the Arctic, leading to a […]
June 4, 2020 Arctic, Fossil fuels, Oil Putin declares emergency over Arctic oil spill – is climate change to blame? A major oil spill in northern Siberia has prompted Vladimir Putin to declare a state of emergency in an environmentally fragile Arctic […]
June 3, 2020 Nuclear issues Bellona wants answers about data fabrication scandal at Norwegian research reactor A Canadian nuclear company was among those that received doctored test results from Norway’s Halden reactor, the now-closed atomic […]
May 28, 2020 Climate change, Fossil fuels Russian economist calls Moscow’s oil dependency a ‘dead horse’ Russia must move away from oil and reduce its dependence on hydrocarbon prices as it shakes off the coronavirus, said Anatoly Chubais, a […]
May 26, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom announces 100 coronavirus cases at Belarus nuclear plant About 100 people at the construction site of a controversial nuclear power plant in Belarus have become infected with the coronavirus, the […]
May 25, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia commissions its floating nuclear plant Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, has been fully commissioned at a port in Siberia’s Far […]
May 21, 2020 Air Pollution, Climate change Carbon dioxide emissions take a dive during coronavirus lockdowns Daily carbon dioxide emissions have plummeted during Covid-19 lockdowns, backing earlier predictions that the pandemic could lead to the […]
May 19, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom eases employee coronavirus restrictions Alexei Likhachev, head of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced a step-down of the company’s precautions against […]
May 18, 2020 Climate change Poll finds Russia wants environmentally sustainable solutions to Covid-19 downturn A recent poll has revealed that 60 percent of Russians would like to see their government strengthen its response to global climate change […]
