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Publish date: July 15, 2003
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On July 12th, capacity of the first 30 years old reactor was reduced down to 35% of the normal load due to the spontaneous drop of a control rod. The normal load of the first reactor is 440 MW. The reactor has to be shut down to find out the cause of the incident. On July 14th, on of the two turbogenerators at the third reactor unit stopped due to the vacuum reduction in the turbine condenser. The safety regulations were not violated and radiation level remained normal, RIA Novosti reported. The second reactor unit is under repairs until August 29th. The fourth reactor unit is in operation and connected to the grid, and soon is expected to reach its full capacity at 880MW.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.