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Publish date: October 20, 2003
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In their formal warning promising to suspend works, 47 employees at Polyarny decided to exercise their right to be paid for work provided in the Russian labour code. The workers demanded that their management to solve the pay problem at the plant, where the workers are still fulfilling their responsibilities according to schedule. Meanwhile, the monthly $120 the workers receive is just above the living minimum specified per capita for the population of the Murmansk region, Ksf.ru said.
This is not the first protest of Polyarnys employees. On April 11th, 2001, 72 workers ceased work, complaining about low wages and payment delays. This week, however, the management ignored the protest and did not speak openly to the workers, but managed to convince them to resume work on the same day, Ksf.ru reported.
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.