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Publish date: May 11, 2005
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Canada has already given Zvezdochka $8 million under a global program for non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials. Westdal said on Thursday that an agreement was signed on financing the second stage of the project, which will encompass disposing of nuclear fuel and dismantling eight nuclear submarines . Kiselyov said that the region is interested in further joint ventures with Canada in the engineering, construction and forest sectors.
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.
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