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Publish date: December 8, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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On November 28, 10:00 Moscow time, researcher at Dimitrovgrad Research Institute for Atomic Reactors received 35 mSv of radiation. The year dose is limited by 50 mSv.
According to Minatom press-centre, the engineer was careless while conducting work with radioactive sources. The engineer’s condition is normal, no need for special medical treatment.
Dimitrovgrad Research Institute for Atomic Reactors, located in Ulyanovskaya county, by the mid part of river Volga, was founded some 30 years ago, operating one nuclear research reactor. The reactor is mainly used to test nuclear fuel assemblies.
In the end of July there was an accident at the Institute. The discharge levels 18-fold above the norm lasted for a week. The reason to the incident was cracks in the nuclear fuel cladding what led to heavy contamination of the water from the primary circuit. As a result, radioactive gases hushed through the ventilation system into the environment.
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.