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Publish date: June 1, 2005
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The country is obliged to fulfill its promise about the early closure if its scheduled EU accession in 2007 is to go ahead. Units 1 and 2 have already been closed, in the last days of 2002. The Kozloduy plant has two more operating units 5 and 6.
Between April 17 and 24, Bulgarians were asked to answer the question, Do you think the Government should request that the Kozloduy nuclear plant issue be reconsidered so as to prevent a further Draconian increase of electricity prices? Meanwhile, UK ambassador Jeremy Hill said in an interview with Bulgarian national radio that with regard to the closure of the two units in Kozloduy, the EU had a clear and firm position, and they should be closed as agreed.
Bulgaria is currently a major electricity exporter in the Balkans, sending over 6 billion kilowatt-hours of electrical power per year but will most probably have to halve its energy exports after 2007. The EU has earmarked 4.6 billion euros for Bulgaria in its first three years of membership to compensate for the closure of two outdated reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, help develop rural areas and strengthen border control.
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.