Nuclear issues

Nuclear fuel and radioactive waste remains lethal for centuries to come and the world has yet to discover safe ways to store it. Bellona focuses on nuclear energy and its pitfalls. It also follows the progress of Cold War legacy nuclear remediation.

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Nuclear issues

December 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Andreyeva Bay cleanup reaches landmark in dangerous nuclear fuel removal process

Used nuclear fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom of Building 5, an aged and dilapidated fuel store at Russia’s […]

November 19, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Renewable energy, Solar, Wind

Fukushima joins Chernobyl in renewable revival

Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, devastated during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant disaster, is looking to […]

November 18, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia ponders a floating nuclear plant for India

Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, has publicly expressed interest in jointly developing a floating nuclear power plant with India, […]

November 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom issues a public response to Bellona’s concerns over depleted uranium imports

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has publically responded to criticism from Bellona over the company’s renewed policy of […]

November 7, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Bellona’s position on the import of depleted uranium to Russia

At the end of last month, Russian media reported that containers of depleted uranium hexafluoride, owned by the Western European company […]

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Private: Nils Bøhmer

Managing director
nils@bellona.no
+47 900 37 517

Nils Bøhmer has been managing director of the Bellona Foundation since 2006, after he worked 13 years at Bellona’s Russian department. Previously he worked at the NRPA. Bøhmer is Bellona’s expert on radioactive waste, nuclear accidents and nuclear power. He holds a M.Sc. from the University of Oslo and a Master’s degree in nuclear physics