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Publish date: January 29, 2009
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Russia has already offered to enrich Uzbek uranium in Angarsk, Siberia. In 2006, Russia and Uzbekistan announced the plans to take part in the joint venture to extract uranium in Aktau, Uzbekistan, but the joint venture has never been established. The uranium resources are expected to be about 4.4 thousand tons in Aktau. According to the Uzbek State Geology Department, the total uranium resources in Uzbekistan are 185.8 thousand tons.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.