December 3, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Americans are at odds with Trump on climate change As negotiators from around the world gather in Katowice, Poland to salvage the Paris Climate Agreement, there are signs that…
November 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia is building a nuclear-powered spaceship. Yes, you heard that right The last time Russia brought up the notion of atomically powered space travel, it was to threaten the United States…
November 20, 2018 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Norilsk Nickel cautiously opening the conversation with environmentalists Environmentalists are at last hearing something encouraging from Norilsk Nickel, one of Russia’s biggest polluters –which last week delivered a…
November 14, 2018 Arctic, Electric mobility, Renewable energy, Transport, Wind Murmansk region aims to be the driver of Russia’s e-car and renewable energy economy To hear those who attended Murmansk’s Business Week tell it, the winds of change are blowing in the Arctic and…
November 13, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Is Russia really offering Norway nuclear assistance, or is the joke on us? For more than two decades, Norway has spent millions of dollars, in often trying political circumstances, to help Russia free…
November 12, 2018 Industrial Pollution Internet users have a feeling that St. Petersburg is pretty polluted – and they’re right The people have spoken, and St Petersburg, Russia has found a place among Europe’s most polluted cities – at least…
November 5, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s floating nuclear plant starts its first reactor Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, long a controversial dream of the country’s atomic energy industry, has finally become an actual…
October 31, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Shipbuilder cries foul over plans to construct nuclear mega-icebreaker in Russia’s Far East The Leader, a Russian nuclear icebreaker that has existed in mythical blueprint since 2015, has become a political dispute as…
October 30, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Officials conduct radiation emergency drills at Andreyeva Bay A container of old spent nuclear fuel rods weighing several tons falls from a crane and, thanks to a defective…
October 18, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian Navy Last remains of defunct Russian submarines to be taken off water next year It took about 25 years of Russian elbow grease and billions of dollars in foreign funding, but as of six…
October 15, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian officials update maps of radioactive debris sunk in Arctic Russian scientists have said that radioactive waste sunk in the Arctic by the Soviet Navy has not leaked any contamination,…
October 11, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Finland says Russian-built reactor will be delayed A Finnish-Russian consortium’s plans to build a nuclear reactor in Northwest Finland by 2024 is likely to be delayed, its…
October 10, 2018 Arctic, Climate change, International climate conferences Yet another Russian government report paints terrifying picture of climate change As if climate reports from the United Nations and Russia’s environmental ministry weren’t bad enough, Moscow’s federal meteorological agency has…
October 9, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Earth-shattering climate report comes from unlikely source: Moscow Unbridled climate change will bring drought, mass flooding, hunger and epidemics. Rising temperatures will contribute to pollution and swathes of…
October 8, 2018 Nuclear issues, Renewable energy, Solar Solar power comes to Chernobyl’s nuclear wasteland The area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the world’s worst nuclear plant disaster, may not be inhabitable…
October 4, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Fueling operations for Russia’s floating nuclear plant have completed Officials with Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, have reported that the fueling of their controversial floating nuclear power plant has…
October 3, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia An old supper date with Bellona helped dismantle nuclear Russia’s nuclear waste legacy – starting with the Lepse As Nils Bøhmer, Bellona’s outgoing general manager, recalls it, Europe’s decision to help fund a massive clean up of Soviet-era…
October 1, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s floating nuclear plant opens its gangway to Bellona After years of secrecy surrounding the Akademik Lomonsov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has…
September 26, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Nuclear USA Finland insists Russia meet its safety requirements in nuclear plant build An official in Finland has insisted that a long-delayed nuclear power plant being built in the Nordic country with the…
September 24, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Nuclear USA World’s first floating nuclear plant dismantled in Texas Last week engineering crews confirmed they had finished dismantling the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, deactivating its reactor and…
