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Publish date: July 2, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The satellites, developed by Berlin Technical University, will be placed into orbit on an SS-N-23 (RCM-54)-type ballistic missile. This is considered to be a high-risk operation. It was one of the Northern fleets Delta-class submarine which suffered an accident in one of its rocket tubes on May 5th this year.
According to The Moscow Times, Berlin Technical University’s Transport and Applied Mechanics Department said two more launches of such satellites will be negotiated if this launch is a success. The commercial launch of satellites from nuclear-powered submarines began in 1994. In early June 1995, a commercial satellite was launched from a submerged Delta-III class submarine in the Barents Sea, not far from the submarine base in Gremikha.
An anonymous naval officer says in an interview with The Moscow Times the Northern fleet will be paid some 200,000 German Mark ($111,000) for the launch. The launch will also help the submarines crew hone their combat skills, which have suffered because funds have not been available for training exercises.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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.