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Publish date: April 4, 2001
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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Bellona doubts Norwegian tv rumours about Russian sub Kursk
Duma representative Gregory Tomchin, who is also member of the committee investigating the Kursk accident, was the tv channel’s only Russian source. Shortly after the story broke on Norwegian tv, he told Interfax reporter Irina Gribova that he never ment to state that there actually were nuclear warheads on-board. Tomchin said he answered in general terms, that Russian subs do carry nuclear weapons occasionally.
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.