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Publish date: September 28, 2006
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“Everything is definitely looking optimistic with the Kursk NPP – it will be built,” he told reporters.
Kirienko said that the date for the beginning of construction has not yet been set, but it has been decided that the construction of the second plant will be a substitute for the current aging plant, which has been plagued with low level incidents for the past decade.
“At the Kursk NPP-2 we will erect a contemporary energy block of the NPP-2006 project, and I think that there would be sense in building the Kursk NPP-2 not at the moment the Kursk NPP 1 is taken out of service, but at a time when it can cover the energy deficit of the central regions of Russia,” he said, according to RIA Novosti.
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.