
Enriched Uranium Fuels Russia’s War Machine. But the US Still Imports It
This piece by Bellona’s Dmitry Gorchakov originally appeared in The Moscow Times. On Feb. 24, the pro-Kremlin outlet EA Daily repo...
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Publish date: March 27, 2000
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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For the inhabitants of Gadzhievo, a remote naval base city at the Kola Peninsula, only one question would have been of more importance than the name of the next Russian president on Sunday. A proposed onshore storage site for reactor sections in Sayda Bay – just over the hill from their neighbourhood – was of a bigger concern. The plan has met tremendous local protests led by the city council. The outcome was a proposal filed on January 21 to put this issue on local referendum at the day of the presidential elections in Russia. The question to answer sounded scary: "Do you want nuclear-hazardous items stored in you neighbourhood?" The City Court of Gadzhievo, however, overruled the decision on March 23.
"The city council decided to obey the decision and not to arrange referendum this time," said Vladimir Musakyan, the chairman of the local city council, to Bellona Web. "We are going to evaluate now our position and decide what we shall do next," Musakyan added.
The administration of the Murmansk County was sceptical to the whole idea of referenda when reached by Bellona, saying that it would have no effect on the eventual decision regarding the location of the storage site. The finally outlined proposal for the storage location is said to come shortly.
Chain reaction of protestThis piece by Bellona’s Dmitry Gorchakov originally appeared in The Moscow Times. On Feb. 24, the pro-Kremlin outlet EA Daily repo...
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