January 15, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association Some of the biggest firsts in the history of nuclear science came from a place that originally had no name. Instead, the area was designated […]
January 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days Recent announcements by Russia that it will decommission the Leningrad nuclear plant’s No 1 reactor have opened a broader discussion of […]
January 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant Russian nuclear officials say they have taken a Soviet-built nuclear reactor out of operation after 45 years of service, in what is only the […]
January 9, 2019 Electric mobility, Transport Norway again sets record for electric car sales Almost one in three cars sold in Norway last year was purely electric, setting a new world record for the country as it moves toward phasing […]
January 7, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Gas Yamal LNG project built on a shifting foundation of climate change The polar icecap is retreating under the withering effects of climate change, but if Russian officials with the Yamal LNG project feel […]
January 3, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests Shortly before Christmas, Murmansk’s Public Council for the Safe Use of Atomic Energy convened a meeting aboard the Akademik Lomonosov, […]
January 2, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian-built reactor in Finland again delayed The start-up date of a Russian-built Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland has again been delayed over safety concerns, marking another […]
December 29, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Rapid electric car charger opens on Norwegian Russian border Despite Norway’s hungry consumption of electric cars, the infrastructure to charge them has been sluggish to appear in the country’s […]
December 19, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Legislation grants Rosatom control of the Russian Arctic Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has been granted control over the Arctic Northern Sea Route, advancing its aim of becoming the […]
December 19, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, International climate conferences, Transport Bellona’s COP 24 side event shows how to build buildings with electric cars in mind As United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland closed this weekend, negotiators reached fragile late night deal to keep the Paris […]
December 7, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Both reactors on Rosatom’s floating nuclear plant now operational Both reactors on the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, are now operational, and its starboard side […]
December 6, 2018 Climate change, Electric mobility, Future energy system, Transport Bellona signals progress toward zero emissions construction sites at COP 24 event Imagine a construction site that doesn’t grate on your nerves with its rattling noise. Or perhaps consider a neighborhood where the sight […]
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 the American […]
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 with cruise missiles […]
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 […]
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 there’s an electric […]
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 itself from […]
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 according to Numbeo, […]
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 shipbuilders […]
