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Publish date: July 8, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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It was the fire protection system which shut the reactor down automatically after the fire was discovered in an electrical cable outside the reactor block. Both the German company Siemens and the French company Framatom have delivered new fire protection systems to Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, which operates two VVER-1000 reactors. The reactor that was shutdown on Monday had been operating since December 1986.
More than 120 incidents at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant were reported in the period from 1990 to 1994. The Russian civilian nuclear inspection agency Gosatomnadzor stated in 1994 that the plant is only allowed to operate its two reactors at 90 percent capacity, due to safety concerns.
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.
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
Russia is a world leader in the construction of nuclear power plants abroad. Despite the sanctions pressure on Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its nuclear industry has remained virtually untouched.
Today, the Bellona Foundation is launching the establishment of the Center for Marine Restoration in Kabelvåg, Lofoten. At the same time, collaboration agreements related to the center were signed with Norrøna, the University of Tromsø, the Lofoten Council and Blue Harvest Technologies