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Publish date: December 17, 1999
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4000 employees of Leningrad nuclear power plant staged one hour protest today. The strikers’ demand was to index their salaries to inflation, Green World Association reported. The inflation rate was 40,4%. The management of the plant said the strike was illegal and might threaten issuing of the licence to prolong the lifetime of the plant’s four RBMK-1000 reactors. The plant sustained its operation during the strike.
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.