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

January 18, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Belarus’s nuclear plant goes offline after new mishap

Belarusian officials say they have taken their new Russian-built nuclear power plant offline after a generator protection system was tripped […]

January 13, 2021 Air Pollution, Climate change, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy, Russian human rights issues

Bellona’s Russian offices sum up the work they did in 2020, a most unusual year

The past year has been unusual throughout the world. Restrictions related to holding public events, gathering in offices and taking trips […]

January 11, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom to build plant running on small modular reactors in eastern Siberia

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, will this month begin work at the future site of a small-scale nuclear power plant in the far […]

December 23, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

EU visit to Belarus nuclear plant called off, deepening safety concerns

A visit by European experts to the controversial and newly-operational Belarusian nuclear plant was cancelled after local officials failed […]

December 18, 2020 Nuclear issues, Russian human rights issues

Rashid Alimov, who helped sound alarms on Russia’s radiation dangers, succumbs to covid-19

Rashid Alimov, a prominent environmentalist who led vigorous efforts to inform Russians of radiation dangers and campaigned for clean air […]

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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

Nuclear issues

Nuclear issues

Belarus’s nuclear plant goes offline after new mishap

Bellona’s Russian offices sum up the work they did in 2020, a most unusual year

Rosatom to build plant running on small modular reactors in eastern Siberia

EU visit to Belarus nuclear plant called off, deepening safety concerns

Rashid Alimov, who helped sound alarms on Russia’s radiation dangers, succumbs to covid-19

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Private: Nils Bøhmer

Russian Nuclear Power, status as of January, 2021

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