Bellona nuclear digest. May 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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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.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...