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

September 11, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Japan may have to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea

Japan’s environmental minister has said the country may have to dump more than a million tons of radioactively contaminated water from the […]

September 10, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia’s floating nuclear plant arrives at its remote destination

Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, has arrived at its remote Arctic destination after sailing 4,700 kilometers […]

September 4, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Irradiated debris from Russia’s mystery explosion washes up on Arkhangelsk beach, reports say

Journalists in northern Russia say they have measured high levels of radiation near two abandoned barges, which were reportedly brought […]

August 28, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Here’s what we know so far about Russia’s mysterious radioactive blast

For the past 20 days, a mysterious explosion in the White Sea area of Northern Russia that left five nuclear scientists dead has been the […]

August 26, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Fallout from Russia’s mysterious blast now suggests a reactor blew up, experts say

Russia’s state weather agency said Monday that it had found the radioactive isotopes of strontium, barium and lanthanum in test samples […]

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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