
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
News
Publish date: March 20, 2001
Written by: Dag Hotvedt
News
Earlier, Mr. Lipponen stated that he had no intention to apologize himself to Bellona for these accusations, but during the meeting outside the Norwegian Parliament where he had met with representatives of the parliament’s foreign affairs and energy committees, Mr Lipponen said that he had now "checked his dictionary", and found that "terrorism" was a too strong and erroneous expression to use about the kind of important public work carried out by the Bellona Foundation.
During the meeting, Frederic Hauge stated that Bellona always emphasizes carrying out their actions in a peaceful way, and that whatever they might be, Bellona always takes the consequences of its activities.
He explained to Mr. Lipponen that Bellona’s strong reaction to his statement had been amplified by the fact that the organisation only recently had cleared itself from similar accusations put forward by Russian authorities, and that such a statement made by the Finnish Prime Minister now was very unfortunate and in particular damaging to Bellona’s further work in Russia. Hauge handed over to Mr. Lipponen the Bellona report on sources to radioactive contamination from the Russian Northern Fleet, and a report containing suggestions for better energy solutions.
Paavo Lipponen thanked Mr. Hauge, and said that he now better understands what Bellona is doing, and that he never had meant to call Bellona a terrorist organization
"I am aware that The Bellona Foundation is a generally recognized and important organization, and after having checked my dictionary I see that using the term "terrorists" about Bellona activists is absolutely too strong", Mr. Lipponen said.
"I have the greatest respect for anyone who can admit to a mistake, and I regard this matter as ended", says Frederic Hauge to Bellona Web.
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...
Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.
Days after the Trump administration floated the idea of assuming control of Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as part of the nascent pea...
During a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and US President Donald Trump, the US leader reportedly floated an unusual idea—that Ky...