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Publish date: February 20, 2009
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Last month two reactors were shutdown by the automatic safety system. Energoatom claims the malfunctions did not influence on the plant’s safety, but led to the electricity generation reduction for over $2m. Reactor no.3 was out of operation from January 9th til January 13th after the automatic safety shutdown system was triggered. Reactor no.4 was under repairs from January 15th till January 24th. The automatic safety shutdown system was triggered on this reactor during the launch operation on January 22nd.
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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.