
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
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Publish date: October 29, 2004
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According to the estimate, reprocessing spent nuclear fuel would cost 1.6 yen (1.4 cents) per kilowatt-hour of output, whereas it costs 0.9 yen (0.8 cents) per kilowatt-hour to dispose of the fuel without reprocessing, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. But the commission observed that if the government did not reprocess the fuel, it would still incur costs from dismantling a reprocessing plant in Rokkashomura, Aomori prefecture, which is scheduled to start operations soon. The Japanese companies invested $22 billion in the plant.
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.
Days after the Trump administration floated the idea of assuming control of Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as part of the nascent pea...
During a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and US President Donald Trump, the US leader reportedly floated an unusual idea—that Ky...