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Publish date: May 24, 2006
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Zvezdochka shipyard prepares to launch dismantling of K-38 multipurpose nuclear submarine, project 671 (Victor-I), Interfax reported. The submarine is placed in the floating dock where it should prepared for spent nuclear fuel unloading.
Multirpurpose nuclear submarine K-38 joined the Russian navy in 1967. It suffered two accidents in 1984 and 1985. K-38 will be the fifth nuclear submarine, dismantlement of which is sponsored by Canada in the frames of the Global Partnership Program, Interfax reported.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.