
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
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Publish date: April 28, 2004
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Denis Dolgachev will have to spend five years in a low security prison colony. The court also sentenced him to pay a fine of 9 million roubles (around $313,500), the agency said. The financial aide of the flagship’s commander was charged for theft by raising sums for the purchase of provisions and fabricating documents on paying of allowances and salaries to the personnel. Dolgachev had reportedly stolen more than 12 million rubles (around $418,000). Some money was seized from him during his arrest, the Mosnews.com website reported.
In 2003, embezzlement of finances and property on the ship amounted to 14 million rubles (almost $500,000), the RIA Novosti Russia news agency reported yesterday, citing a source in the financial directorate of the Northern Fleet’s headquarters. The Peter the Great was put into dry dock last month on the orders of Navy Chief of Staff Vladimir Kuroyedov after he said the boat could “explode at any moment,” causing world wide panic. Kuroyedov later retracted the statement, saying poor housekeeping had prompted him to sent the boat to port. The Russian Navy checked the boat two weeks ago.
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.
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