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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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Publish date: August 21, 2003
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But experts are already asking questions about the feasibility of the project. The first extra-terrestrial nuclear power station will serve the permanent research camp which. Deputy chief engineer of Red Star – a state scientific company closely affiliated with Russia’s Nuclear Energy Ministrysays the station will be constructed in the mountainous areas of Mars, possibly in one of the canyons. It will produce enough power for future Russian missions to the planet to be fully self-contained and will not need more than six engineers to maintain. Scientists say that the station is now almost ready to be builtall they have to do is to find a way to protect staff and environment from radiation. The only stumbling block is how to deliver ready-made building blocks to a construction site 300 million kilometres (186.4 million miles) away from Earth. The plan is that the heavier equipment will be delivered to Mars by an automatic landerlike the European Beagle which is now making its way to the Red Planet. The scientists say that more delicate goods will arrive in a manned spaceship. Its crew will build both the station and the research base for all future expeditions. The only question whether Russia can afford to implement such an expensive project.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
But it’s unlikely to impact emissions from shipping along the Northern Sea Route.
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.
The following op-ed, written by Bellona’s Charles Digges, originally appeared in The Moscow Times. In recent months, the Russian nuclear in...