
‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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Publish date: January 17, 2006
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A criminal investigation was opened against the plant, Mayak, in April 2005 after breaches of environmental protection regulations were found during an inspection that revealed the plant had released more than 10 million cubic meters of radioactive waste into the nearby Techa River.
The working group, which comprises Mayak executives and members of local environmental organizations, as well as others, will involve companies and foreign experts in the search for solutions to the problem. Russian environmentalists have called for the plant to be shut down.
The Nuclear Power Agency maintains that the plant is important for the country’s economic development, and Kiriyenko has said the agency will allocate 250 million rubles ($8.7 million) in 2006, or 2.5 times more than in 2005, to improve environmental safety at the Mayak plant. However, experts have suggested that this will not be enough to address all the problems, reported RIA Novosti.
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
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