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Publish date: February 21, 2005
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The authority now wants the owner of the rig, the Ocean Rig Company, to go through all safety routines before drilling can be resumed. On February 8, 6 cubic meters of so-called BOP-substances were dropped to sea, and on February 16, 4 cubic meters of drilling waste water ran into the sea after a technical disorder. Head of the Petroleum Safety Authority, Magne Ognedal, says the incidents do not pose a threat to ecology in the region, but that the pollution still is considered a serious violation of regulations, daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported.
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.