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Publish date: December 21, 2004
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A Company official told Interfax in the end of November that the Russian Malakhit Design Bureau, which is planning the raising of the submarine, has invited Mammoet to participate in the project but an official invitation will not likely be issued until Russia resolves the crucial financing issue. The salvage operation was originally planned for July-August 2005 but then was postponed for indefinite period due to the financial problems. The estimated cost of the operation is from $80m to $90m.
The official did not rule out the possibility that Malakhit is engaged in similar talks with other companies.
No significant decisions are likely to be made before the end of the year, he said. It may be important for Russia that Mammoet gained a unique experience while raising the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine, the official said. He added that Mammoet is prepared to provide assistance again, reported Interfax.
The report, analyzing the IAEA’s actions since the war began, offers Bellona’s assessment of the agency’s effectiveness as a UN body. It also examines the professional relationships between the IAEA’s governing bodies and officials from the warring nations.
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.