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Publish date: September 16, 2003
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According to the latest independent radiation samples commissioned by the Bellona foundation in the area of K-159 submarine. The samples, which were taken by Norway Seafoods September 1st, two days after the K-159 sank, indicate a radiation level of 0.22 Becquerels per kilogram of pollock caught. The catch was taken from some 90 kilometres north-west of the wreck. Experts say these radiation levels are normal. But since the prevailing currents in the area run west to east, they do not exclude that higher levels may have run to the east of the sunken vessel, and out of reach of Norway Seafoods’ ability to obtain accurate measurements. The day the K-159 went down, Bellona radiation measurements, also obtained from Norway Seafoods, indicated a radiation level of 0.23 Bequerels per kilogram of cod. The Norwegian Radiation Safety Administration, which also took samples in approximately the same area that Bellona did, said last week that it found levels from 0.15 to 0.1 Bequerels per kilogram of fish during the days following the sinking.
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.