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Publish date: February 19, 2010
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According to the contract agreed between DNV and the Czech environment ministry, “a compliance assessment compared to the BREFs [document specifying best available techniques – BATs] on energy efficiency and large combustion plants including an evaluation of local conditions that could justify deviations” will be undertaken.
A claim put forward by Micronesia has drawn attention to the plant, as the island State argued that emissions from the plant would contribute to rising sea levels and other climate change effects which affect small island developing states disproportionately.
Read the press releases from DNV and Czech environment ministry.
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.
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.