August 22, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia said to be searching Arctic for a nuclear powered missile it lost in test Following news that Russia may be searching for a nuclear powered ballistic missile that may have been lost at sea, reported first by the […]
August 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian scientists cataloguing radioactive waste dumped in the Arctic Russian scientists have taken to the seas in a research vessel as part of an effort to locate and map radioactive radioactive waste, nuclear […]
August 20, 2018 Climate change Trump administration to unveil plan torpedoing US coal plant emissions cuts In its most damaging blow to to the environment yet, the Trump administration on Tuesday is expected to roll back major portions of the […]
August 15, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia’s official press touts Rosatom’s eventual control of the Arctic A bill granting Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, full control over the storied Northern Sea Route has yet to pass its final […]
August 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Italian vessel assists in removing Russian Navy’s nuclear waste An enormous floating dock given to Russia by Italy has been put to use transferring a radioactive barge from the Zvezdochka Shipyard in […]
August 9, 2018 Nikitin Case, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law From modest beginnings, ERC Bellona reaches 20 – against long odds Twenty years ago this summer, a small environmental agency founded by an accused spy opened its doors in St. Petersburg Russia. Alexander […]
August 7, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Putin slated to announce construction of enormous sci-fi nuclear icebreaker An advanced nuclear icebreaker more befitting a science fiction movie than the high seas will be built in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far […]
August 6, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Ukraine takes major steps toward swearing off Russian nuclear fuel In a major step toward declaring energy independence from Moscow, officials in Ukraine have announced that they have loaded a unit at one of […]
August 2, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia begins fueling its floating nuclear power plant under the world’s curious gaze Technicians in Northwest Russia have begun to load the reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s first waterborne nuclear power plant, […]
August 1, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet Russia to start breaking down one of its most radioactive ships next month The Lepse service vessel, Russia’s waterborne atomic graveyard, has inched a step closer to complete dismantlement as officials say they […]
July 31, 2018 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Dangerous sulfur dioxide levels at Kola nickel plant are dropping, cheering environmentalists Dangerous emissions from the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company dropped by nearly 9 percent during 2017, says data from the company, […]
July 7, 2018 Climate change, International climate conferences Good Riddance: Trump’s EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigns in scandal On Thursday, America said good riddance to Scott Pruitt, whose oily reign as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is finally over. […]
June 29, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Russian environmentalists demand transparency from the country’s nuclear waste industry Environmentally significant information about radioactive waste should never be secret and concealing information about the disposition of […]
June 28, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport Bellona’s electric car rally sparks through the Arctic on high-voltage Bold explorers have always heard people call them crazy, and Iya Gordeyeva, an electric car driver from St. Petersburg, Russia and head of […]
June 27, 2018 Nuclear issues, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel In victory for the environment, Norway will shut down Halden Reactor In a major victory for radiation safety in Europe, the Norwegian government announced Wednesday that it would be permanently shutting down […]
June 19, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s Justice Ministry Defends ‘foreign agent’ law by saying everybody has one In a case that’s been dragging on for more than two years, Moscow’s Justice Ministry has said its law against so-called “foreign […]
June 18, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Andreyeva Bay nuclear fuel removal going faster than planned, Rosatom says The pace of cleanup at a major Cold War dump for spent nuclear submarine fuel in Northwest Russia is going faster than planned, officials […]
June 14, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Jordan turns down a Rosatom plant, but dangles possible small reactor collaboration with Russia In a blow to the international business interests of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Jordan has scrapped a plan to build a $10 […]
June 13, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Kiev bolsters energy independence of from Moscow with US nuclear fuel Ukraine has committed to loading US manufactured Westinghouse nuclear fuel into the reactors of the Zaporozhia nuclear power station, a long […]
June 12, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bulgaria moves to revive suspended Russian-built nuclear plant The parliament last week approved by 172 to 14 Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s proposal to develop a plan to resume construction of the […]
