May 18, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Murmansk not ready to lose power from Kola Nuclear Power Station, officials say MURMANSK – The Murmansk Regional government says that decommission the elderly No1 and No 2 reactors at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant would […]
May 16, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Rolling back Northwest Russia’s Cold War legacy running on schedule MURMANSK – Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom says its satisfied with projects to contain and revitalize some of the Arctic’s […]
May 13, 2016 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Criticizing Russia’s NGO law is punishable ‘political activity’ leading to ‘foreign agent’ label, says Justice Ministry In its mounting campaign against NGOs, Russian’s Ministry of Justice has suggested that criticizing the country’s notorious “foreign […]
May 12, 2016 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Oil, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker line crucial to national programs – especially Arctic oil MURMANSK – As Atomflot, Russia’s nuclear icebreaker port awaits the launch of its newest vessel the Arktika, the company’s head has […]
May 10, 2016 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Russian environmental watchdog predictably restores license to polluting factory MURMANSK – No sooner had chimneys pumping sulfur dioxide into Northwest Russian and Scandinavia been stifled last month than they were […]
May 9, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia’s Bilibino nuclear station shutting down reactors to make way for floating nuclear plant Russia’s Bilibin nuclear power plant will to close its No 1 reactor in two year, with its remaining three to follow by 2021, the […]
May 3, 2016 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Russian oversight agency refuses emissions license to big Northwest polluter MURMANSK–Russia’s environmental oversight agency, Rosprirodnadzor, has said it will not renew an emissions license for the Kola Mining […]
May 1, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian Navy Nuclear submarine fire in Russia Far East again raises questions surrounding safe dismantlement A decommissioned Russian nuclear submarine moored off a naval base on the Kamchatka peninsula caught fire on Friday, but there was no […]
April 26, 2016 Accidents and incidents, Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Bellona warns the real work at Chernobyl starts now – but there’s no one to fund it KIEV–Today’s 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster brings a silver lining with a cloud: The wreck of the No. 4 reactor that blew up […]
April 25, 2016 Climate change, International climate conferences Renewed vows to the Paris Accord can’t be derailed by a new US president, say analysts More than 170 governments including the United States and China boldly declared an end to fossil fuels on Friday as they gathered at the […]
April 21, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Chernobyl snap-shots: A history frozen in radiation 30 years ago This year has brought some sobering anniversaries. Everyone likes a round number and 2016 has handed down a straight flush of elegiac […]
April 21, 2016 Electric mobility, Future energy system Bellona Brief: Attaining an interoperable EV recharging infrastructure in Europe BRUSSELS – The year 2016 will be a decisive year in terms of EU Member States’ preparatory process for the implementation of the […]
April 20, 2016 Gulf of Mexico oil spill Debates over Gulf of Mexico dolphin deaths end as federal reports single out BP as the culprit NEW ORLEANS – On this, the sixth anniversary of BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the body count among sea mammals […]
April 18, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Ukrainian economics and the potential for decarbonization and growth KIEV – Deep decarbonization could present economic opportunity to Ukrainian business in the heavily coal dependent and politically wobbly […]
April 14, 2016 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Gas, Oil Experts heap criticism on suggestions for making the Northern Sea Route competitive MURMANSK – The Russian government in 2015 undertook the development of a program to develop the Northern Sea Route across its Arctic […]
April 12, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia setting up for new radioactive batteries months after Norway helped shut down the old ones Just six months after the Norwegian government announced it had helped rid the Russian coast of 1000 orphaned radioactive power sources […]
April 11, 2016 Carbon Capture and Storage, Gas How Norway witlessly runs Russia’s errands and passes its gas BRUSSELS – Norway had record gas production in 2015 – supplying 25 percent of Europe’s consumption, with 115 billion cubic meters […]
April 6, 2016 Climate change, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Reactor extensions for Russian nuclear icebreaker gets mixed environmental reviews The Russian nuclear icebreaker Vaigach has received a 200,000-hour engineered lifespan extension on its reactor, meaning the vessel could […]
April 5, 2016 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Lepse dismantlement on schedule and 1000 times safer MURMANSK – The Lepse nuclear fuel storage ship, for decades one of the most poignant radiation hazards in Northwest Russia, no longer […]
March 31, 2016 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear Russia, Nuclear USA Russia shuns major Obama-hosted nuclear safety summit Dozens of world leaders have descended on Washington for a major summit hosted by President Barack Obama to discuss protecting nuclear […]