Bellona nuclear digest. August 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: August 10, 2007
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The explosion on July 26 was so strong that it created a crater 50 metres long and four meters wide crater and caused large traffic jams in the middle of the night as people were trying to leave the affected region.
The authorities ruled out that the explosion was terrorism a terrorist act, saying that the blast was related to a malfunciton and would have no impact on gas supplies for the region or deliveries abroad.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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.
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