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Publish date: January 11, 2005
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The empty reactor units of the dismantled submarines were placed afloat for temporary storage, the minister said. Besides, The special trains carried out 12 shipments of the spent nuclear fuel unloaded from the submarines to the Mayak plant in 2004 he added. Two nuclear service ships were prepared for temporary storage afloat Rumyantsev said. In 2004, Zvezda and Zvezdochka shipyards reprocessed 874 cubic meters of the liquid radioactive waste and 1,588 tonnes of solid radioactive waste, which was placed in the temporary packages, ITAR-TASS quoted the Russian nuclear power minister.
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.
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