Bellona nuclear digest. July 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
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Publish date: September 28, 2004
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According to Regnum.ru, two Canadian delegations supervising Russian nuclear submarine dismantling sponsored by Canada worked at the Severodvinsk shipyard Zvezdochka from September 5 to September 11. Soon the dismantling works should start on the first Canada-sponsored multipurpose Victor-I class submarine. This is the first Canadian order in the frames of G8 Global Partnership program. Before the end of the navigation season the plant should receive two more Canadian submarines, both Victor-III class, from Zapadnaya Litsa base on the Kola Peninsula.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”
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.