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Publish date: April 12, 2005
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Mayor of Moscow made this announcement on the First International conference Alternative sources of energy for large cities. He also said that the world oil resources are depleting, that is why we should start to finding solutions for energy alternative sources already now, as it is a large complex scientific and technical problem, Biznes-neft VPS reported.
The mayor Moscow thinks that future belongs to hydrogen fuel, but gas, synthetic diesel fuel and dimethyl ester will dominate in transitional period to the hydrogen fuel. The next 100-200 years can become a new gas epoch on the Earth. Luzhkov also thinks that the most important task now is to involve Russian oil companies in alternative fuel development.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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