January 2, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia One of Russia’s oldest nuclear reactors set to run until 2034 The second reactor unit at the Kola Nuclear Power plant near Murmansk has received the nod from Russian regulators to operate until 2034, […]
December 20, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s floating nuclear plant plugs in and produces power at remote port Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power station has begun supplying electricity to a remote port in Siberia, despite widespread […]
December 17, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona works to shed light on Rosatom’s depleted uranium imports In recent weeks there has been a spike of interest surrounding the import into Russia of depleted uranium, a radioactive substance regarded […]
December 16, 2019 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia updates ‘foreign agent’ law target to individual journalists and, possibly, social media posters For the past eight years, non-profit groups in Russia have contended with a law branding them as “foreign agents” if they accept even […]
December 13, 2019 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s largest icebreaker starts sea trials The Arktika nuclear icebreaker – currently billed as the largest in the world – has begun sea trials near the Baltic Shipyard in St […]
December 11, 2019 Climate change A melting Arctic is driving up carbon dioxide emissions, new US government report says The Arctic is undergoing a profound and rapid shift into a new condition, one that is greener, features less ice, warmer temperatures and […]
December 10, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom to invest billions in polar shipping to compete with Suez Canal Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced it will invest some $7 billion in commercial container shipping as part of an […]
December 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Andreyeva Bay cleanup reaches landmark in dangerous nuclear fuel removal process Used nuclear fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom of Building 5, an aged and dilapidated fuel store at Russia’s […]
December 6, 2019 Renewable energy, Wind Murmansk region’s wind farm progressing with accolades Earlier this month, the Enel Group, whose subsidiary is building a wind park near Murmansk, was singled out for a particular honor by the […]
December 5, 2019 Climate change, Fossil fuels Russian energy giant looks to shed coal assets, reports say In a grudgingly climate-friendly gesture, IrkutskEnergo, a major Siberian energy company, is moving to shed its coal assets – a sign that […]
November 26, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Rosatom says shipping is up on the Arctic – despite environmental concerns Shipping through Russia’s remote arctic artery, the Northern Sea Route, has increased by 63 percent over last year’s figures, signaling […]
November 22, 2019 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Major Russia polluter begins shutting down harmful smelting works near Murmansk An industrial facility in Northwestern Russia long responsible for harmful pollution will shut down by the end of next year and its […]
November 19, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind Fukushima joins Chernobyl in renewable revival Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, devastated during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster, is looking to […]
November 18, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia ponders a floating nuclear plant for India Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, has publicly expressed interest in jointly developing a floating nuclear power plant with India, […]
November 15, 2019 Arctic, Renewable energy, Wind SevTek conference pushes a green agenda for Russia’s Arctic If authorities in Moscow are half-hearted in their efforts to bring down Russia’s harmful emissions, the local government in Murmansk sure […]
November 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Rosatom issues a public response to Bellona’s concerns over depleted uranium imports Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has publically responded to criticism from Bellona over the company’s renewed policy of […]
November 7, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona’s position on the import of depleted uranium to Russia At the end of last month, Russian media reported that containers of depleted uranium hexafluoride, owned by the Western European company […]
November 7, 2019 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Two prominent rights groups liquidated by Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law In a recent clamp down on so-called “foreign agents,” Russian courts have disbanded two prominent decades old rights groups after the […]
November 5, 2019 Climate change, International climate conferences Trump’s formal withdrawal from the Paris Accord puts the climate on next year’s presidential ballot The Trump administration on Monday formally notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a move that […]
November 4, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Dispatch from Zheleznogorsk: How Russia injects radioactive waste into the ground In early September, experts from Rosatom’s Public Council for civil society visited the Severny Landfill – a site created for the deep […]
