The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: April 15, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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During the last few months state debts to the nuclear power plants, and to plants formerly involved with nuclear weaponry, have exceeded 600 million USD. At the same time, the vast former nuclear weaponry complex is struggling under budget reductions and the difficult transformation into civilian production – a process which has not been a great success.
Representatives of the nuclear complex employees have made several attempts at meeting with the head of the Russian Government Victor Chernomyrdin and his deputy Anatoly Chubais, but their requests have been declined.
Apparently, there is a new strike brewing among the employees of the nuclear power plants and at a number of the Siberian nuclear plants.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
As uranium supplies from Russia fall under the shadow of potential sanctions, and while Ukraine’s allies look to wean themselves off nuclear fuel produced by Moscow’s Rosatom corporation, owners of left-for-dead mines in the US are looking to revive their deposits.
The European Union doubled its purchases of Russian nuclear fuel in 2023, data from Eurostat and the UN’s international trade service Comtrade show.
The output of Russian nuclear power plants in 2023 decreased by 2.8% compared to 2022. A decrease in output occurred for the first time in 10 years a...