Bellona nuclear digest. August 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: October 27, 2003
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This year, the Norwegian government allocated 28 million Norwegian crowns ($4 million) for the works at Andreeva bay and the Nerpa shipyard, engaged in nuclear submarines dismantling. The shipyard received $5 million to dismantle a multipurpose nuclear submarine of Victor-II class. 15 million crowns were spent on road construction to the Andreeva bay facility and more than 5 million crowns were used for physical protection of the facility. The rest of the money was spent on the sluice reconstruction. The Russian Ministry of atomic energy scheduled two projects for the next year at Andreeva bay: change house for the employees and local geotechnical exploration. Norway promised to examine the projects and give an answer regarding their financing.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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