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Publish date: May 9, 1997
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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Accounting for the need to adopt such measures, the State Nuclear Inspection (Gosatomnadzor), in a report submitted to the government, pointed out that the nuclear plants in Russia are functioning in an unfavourable socio-economic context, a rising crime rate, increasing threats of acts of terrorism and mounting tensions amid plant personnel, which may cause violations of safety rules.
Involvement of nuclear material or installations will henceforth be an aggravating factor when appointing punitive measures against criminals. It is also suggested that criminal responsibility should be enhanced for deceitful reports concerning the radioactive situation and effects on the environment, population and personnel of nuclear projects, writes RIA News correspondent Regina Lukashina.
The initiators of the law believe it necessary to augment administrative responsibility for violations of regulations in the field of nuclear engineering, including licensed endeavour.
The bills are to be submitted to the Russian Parliament for consideration.
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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.