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Publish date: September 21, 2006
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Sevmash plant in Severodvinsk and Norwegian Aker (the plant designer) are preparing to receive the contract on modules fabrication for the LNG plant, portnews.ru reported.
The head of Sevmash press department Mikhail Starozhilov said that implementation of this project is the best alternative to load capacity after completing the four offshore platforms of Prirazlomnaya type in the end of 2006.
The completed modules should be shipped by sea to Kharasevey port for further installation, added Starozhilov. Gasprom has not announced yet the concrete plans on implementation of liquefied natural gas plant on the Yamal Peninsula.
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.