Bellona nuclear digest. August 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: September 8, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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At the same time as Yevgeny Primakov was nominated by President Yeltsin to be the new Prime Minister, an agreement was signed between the striking nuclear defense workers and acting Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov. Under the agreement, 317 million rubles will be allocated to the nuclear defense workers. This is about $16 million at the current exchange rate, and only half of the government’s wage arrears to the nuclear defense workers.
Employees at nuclear defense facilities in Russia laid down their tools Wednesday this week for a one-hour strike, and said they would stop work altogether unless their salary arrears were paid to them.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
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