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Publish date: July 10, 2006
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The official talks can begin already during the G8 summit. It is expected that Bush would sign the agreement on spent nuclear fuel import to Russia at the bilateral meeting just before the G8 summit. The USA softened its position on this matter due to the recent changes of the USA and Russia positions towards Iranian nuclear program. In response Russia should influence on Iran. The current Iranian nuclear program raises serious concerns at the UN Security Council.
The key issue of the agreement is that Washington allows Moscow to import spent nuclear fuel from the US built nuclear power plants in the third countries to Russia. This decision means that the USA changes its policy, which was kept for the recent 10 years. Before the US administration refused to cooperate with Russia because of nuclear plant construction in Busher carried out by the Russian specialists, the first nuclear plant in Iran.
According to The New York Times, this decision would help Bush to solve two problems: to find storage place for spent nuclear fuel and engage Russia in making pressure on Iran.
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.