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Publish date: July 5, 2023
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As the Fit for 55 package nears completion, the carbon capture, removals, and storage discussion has reignited in the EU as it has become clear that it will be needed to achieve our climate targets by 2050. The need for a co-ordinated Industrial Carbon Management Strategy at the EU level has never been greater. Alongside several NGOs, Bellona Europa signed a letter calling the European Commission to ensure the publication of an Industrial Carbon Management Strategy this year.
Read the letter here:
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.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.