Bellona nuclear digest. July 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: January 17, 2023
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On the 21st of December, the European Commission published the 1st list of Union candidate projects in the thematic area of cross-border Carbon Dioxide transport and storage networks applying for Project of Common Interest (PCI) or Project of Mutual Interest (PMI) status. Stakeholders have until the 16th of March to answer the open consultation. We encourage CCS stakeholders to answer the open consultation for which we at Bellona offer our overview of and take on the candidate projects and their potential to contribute towards the rapid upscale of CCS deployment and by extension, industrial decarbonisation.
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Deadline 16 March 2023: Consultation on the list of candidate Projects of Common Interest in all infrastructure categories (europa.eu)
The number of candidate projects each country is involved in.
Red targets indicate PMI projects; green targets indicate PCI projects.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”
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.