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Publish date: January 18, 2000
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Strike at Leningrad nuclear power plant has been postponed until Saturday, January 22. The employees of the plant insist on 40 percent salary raise while the administration says that it can manage only 10 percent increase. A new meeting between the conflicting parties is scheduled to take place on Tuesday and, given no compromise is reached, the strike is imminent: The strikers will act by reducing the plant’s energy output down to 50 percent. Leningrad NPP operates on four RBMK-1000 reactors.
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.