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Publish date: December 8, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The train left Atomflot on December 4 carrying approx. two and half spent reactor cores from nuclear-powered ice-breakers and nuclear-powered submarines of the Northern Fleet.
The train was scheduled to arrive to Murmansk by the end of October, but both the technical malfunctions in the train and lack of funding left the plans behind the schedule.
According to the Russian Navy, some annual 10 shipments of spent nuclear fuel is required to fulfil the needs of nuclear-powered fleet in Russia.
The first shipment for the year 1997 was performed in the end of May from Severodvinsk.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.