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Publish date: June 10, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The submarine, which is of the Charley-I class (project 670A), lost its floating capacity due to a hole in its rusty hull, reports the Pacific Fleet press-centre. According to a Navy official in Moscow, the reactor of the submarine was defuelled, so the sub should not present any danger to the environment. The incident happened in the vicinity of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
There are 11 submarines of Charley-I class stationed in the Pacific fleet. They are outfitted with one PWR type reactor and were constructed at Gorkiy shipyard from 1967 till 1972. Apparently all the submarines within this class are pulled out of service. On June 24, 1983, a submarine of this class, the K-429, sank at Kamchatka peninsula. It was later salvaged and towed to a navy yard. It sank again at quay on September 13, 1985. It was formally decommissioned in 1987.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.