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Publish date: May 4, 2007
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This was announced in a public dialog forum “Atomic Energy, Society and Safety” by Asa Gustafsson, an official from the Department for Disarmament and Non-proliferation in the countries of the CIS within the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Furthermore, Gustafsson remarked that, “when Sweden joined the “Global Alliance” program in 2003, it already had experience working with Russian in the realm of nuclear safety”. She emphasized that, “Sweden is presently participating in six nuclear safety projects in the Russian Northwest. The main projects involve the physical protection of nuclear materials from decommissioning of nuclear submarines as well as the creation of a system of physical protection for these materials at the wharf of the Nerpa plant” reported Itar-Tass.
Besides, the representative from Sweden MFA announced that, “in 2007 a project will be prepared for the control and transfer of nuclear materials on the Kola Peninsula”. “This project will be implemented within the framework of the “Global Alliance” program”, said Gustafsson.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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