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A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Murmansk region Governor in favour of prompt MNEPR ratification
Publish date: June 23, 2003
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Murmansk region Governor in favour of prompt MNEPR ratification
Murmansk region governor Yury Yevdokimov urged the Russian State Duma deputies to ratify MNEPR agreement as soon as possible.
He addressed to the deputies in an open letter which was published in daily Murmansky Vestnik on June 18th. The goverrnor stressed in the letter that ratification of the MNEPR would secure activity of the western companies engaged in the nuclear safety projects in Russia. According to him, the ageing nuclear safety sites in the regions present now the radiation threat. Moreover, nowdays Murmansk onkologists receive 7 times more patients annually in comparison with the situation in the 70s. “The last legal step remains to be done—to ratify MNEPR agreement in the State Duma and get down to practical work,” Yury Yevdokimov said.
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Bellona urges Norway’s Prime Minister to not support Northern Sea Route development
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
IAEA issues report on war-ravaged Ukrainian nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”
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