November 12, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Leningrad nuclear power plant shuts down its No 2 reactor for decommissioning Russian nuclear officials say they have shut down the second of the original reactors at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, paving the way […]
November 10, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Electricity production at Belarusian nuclear plant ceases in wake of mishap The controversial Belarusian nuclear power plant has halted electricity production only three days after launching its first Russian-built […]
November 9, 2020 Climate change How far can President-elect Joe Biden go to salvage US climate efforts? Joe Biden, the projected winner of the US presidency, plans to restore dozens of environmental rollbacks enacted by the administration of […]
November 5, 2020 Climate change As vote count continues in a fraught US election, America formally exits the Paris accord As votes in the US presidential election continue to be counted, with no clear winner yet projected, the United States has officially exited […]
November 4, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Belarusian nuclear reactor begins commercial production amid protests from the Baltics Belarus’ first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday, a project that has caused jitters in neighboring Lithuania, which immediately […]
November 3, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Renewable energy Snowflake research center will offer sustainable solutions to Arctic energy questions It may look more like a spaceship that landed on a movie screen over the summer. But Russia’s Snowflake International Arctic station, an […]
October 28, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s embattled new icebreakers may lag behind climate change Atomflot, Russia’s Murmansk-based nuclear icebreaker base, was steeped in ceremony last week to mark the arrival of its newest vessel, the […]
October 26, 2020 Access to information, Industrial Pollution, Russian human rights issues Harmful algae bloom behind mass die off of marine animals in Russia’s Far East, scientists say Scientists have determined that a mysterious die-off of marine animals off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East earlier this month […]
October 22, 2020 Hazardous chemicals, Industrial Pollution A toxic stew that’s threatened St Petersburg, Russia is finally getting mopped up Acid from old car batteries. Industrial chemicals. Bleaches and solvents. Mercury from thermometers. Cyanide. Lead paint. Pesticides. Old […]
October 20, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Tenth reactor to restart in Japan following Fukushima disaster shutdown A nuclear power plant damaged in the 2011 Japanese tsunami that caused a meltdown at three reactors at Fukushima is slated to come back […]
October 15, 2020 Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide Removal Bellona lauds Microsoft for climate ambition In a major breakthrough for corporate climate accountability, Microsoft has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway’s Equinor to […]
October 14, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian officials hold virtual public discussion on radioactive waste storage A recent online discussion inched Russia’s first longterm nuclear storage facility toward being realized near Novouralsk in central […]
October 12, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia Belarusian reactor reaches minimum controlled power, last step before connecting to the grid Technicians have achieved a chain reaction in the No 1 reactor of the controversial Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets, the last […]
October 9, 2020 Access to information, Industrial Pollution, Russian human rights issues A toxic brew off Kamchatka’s beaches is killing marine life and puzzling environmentalists The first to fall sick were the surfers.
October 7, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine’s president embraces nuclear energy while relying on elderly reactors On a visit to Ukraine’s Rivne nuclear plant, President Volodomyr Zelensky issue full throated support for the development of his […]
October 5, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Cracked coolant system pipe causes downtime for reactor at Russia’s Rostov plant The fourth reactor at the Rostov nuclear power plant, 1000 kilometers to Moscow’s southwest, has been shut down due to a crack in a pipe […]
October 2, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine inks deal to fuel older reactors with Westinghouse fuel Ukraine’s nuclear corporation has signed on to have Westinghouse Electric Co fuel the Soviet-era reactors at its Rivne plant in the […]
September 30, 2020 Climate change The brawling US presidential debate surprisingly yields responses on questions of climate change After a caustic, chaotic, and nearly unwatchable 80 minutes of the televised US presidential debate, the question finally came up.
September 28, 2020 Electric mobility, Transport From Norway to Moscow in an electric car, an improbable journey made possible When a smattering charge stations began popping up along the Russian border a few years ago, they drew a small but devoted class of electric […]
September 24, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker sets sail for Arctic at half steam Russia’s new flagship icebreaker, billed as the world’s largest and most powerful, left St Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard this week, […]
