Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, October 2024
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.
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Publish date: November 17, 1997
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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One of the four RMBK reactors at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been operating at half its capacity since Thursday, November 13. The turbo-generator of Unit 1 was diconnected by a fuse outage. The radiation level in the reactor room is reported to be normal. A commision has been set up trying to find out what made the fuse blow, reports Interfax news agency.
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.
Russia is formally withdrawing from a landmark environmental agreement that channeled billions in international funding to secure the Soviet nuclear legacy, leaving undone some of the most radioactively dangerous projects and burning one more bridge of potential cooperation with the West.