
Policy Brief – EU leverage in the Arctic: Climate leadership in a high-stakes region
The Arctic is experiencing climate change three times faster than any other region, with consequences reaching far beyond its borders. Recent project...
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Report number: 2:1996
Authors: Aleksandr Nikitin, Igor Kudrik, Thomas Nilsen
Publisher: Bellona Foundation
ISBN: 82-993138-5-6
ISSN: 0806-3451
Publication
The report gives a thorough overview of the sources of potential releases of radioactivity which could harm the public health and the environment. The problems of nuclear waste and disused nuclear submarines is a product of the arms race and the cold war. Russia continues to build new nuclear submarines, but there are very few provisions being made to properly store old nuclear submarines and develop sufficient storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel and other radadioactive waste.