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

October 6, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom official puts deadline on raising old nuclear submarines

An official with Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced a deadline for raising two Soviet-era nuclear submarines that […]

October 4, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Norway and Russia mark 25 years of cooperative work on radiation security

Two and a half decades ago, a green four-car train would make the rounds every few months of Russia’s icy Kola Peninsula to cart nuclear […]

September 22, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia

The most dangerous place in Europe is one you have never heard of

It won’t come as a surprise that radioactive contamination is a major headache facing the government of Ukraine, the country that […]

September 17, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia advances on plans for new floating nuclear plants

A Russian plan to build more floating nuclear power plants advanced this month after two subsidiaries of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear […]

September 14, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Researchers locate scuttled reactors from K-19 submarine

A Russian expedition to search for radioactive waste intentionally scuttled by the Soviet Navy has pinpointed where the reactor compartment […]

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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

Rosatom official puts deadline on raising old nuclear submarines

Norway and Russia mark 25 years of cooperative work on radiation security

The most dangerous place in Europe is one you have never heard of

Russia advances on plans for new floating nuclear plants

Researchers locate scuttled reactors from K-19 submarine

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Private: Nils Bøhmer

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