Nuclear Russia

This section deals with all topics relative to Russia’s nuclear fuel cycle, from nuclear power plant construction, decommissioning, its nuclear military industrial complex, spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste storage issues and Russia’s nuclear endeavors relative to the health of Russia’s citizens and environment.

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Nuclear Russia

April 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia’s nuclear workers isolated onsite as coronavirus spreads

Workers at Russia’s nuclear power plants will be isolated from the general public and required to live in onsite clinics at their […]

April 1, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Four nuclear workers test positive for coronavirus as Rosatom steps up pandemic response

The staff of at least one nuclear power plant in Russia has been put into isolation due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19, as Rosatom, […]

March 30, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Nuclear plant lifetime extension: A creeping catastrophe

Any discussion of nuclear disasters brings events like Chernobyl and Fukushima to mind. But the civilian nuclear industry could be facing a […]

March 24, 2020 Air Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Belarus to swap gas dependence on Moscow for nuclear dependence on Moscow

A nuclear power plant built to lessen Belarus’s dependence on Moscow for natural gas – but constructed and lavishly financed by […]

March 18, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Major European bank could help Russia lift its sunken nuclear submarines

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signaled its readiness to help Russia raise Soviet-era radioactive debris, […]

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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 Russia

Nuclear Russia

Russia’s nuclear workers isolated onsite as coronavirus spreads

Four nuclear workers test positive for coronavirus as Rosatom steps up pandemic response

Nuclear plant lifetime extension: A creeping catastrophe

Belarus to swap gas dependence on Moscow for nuclear dependence on Moscow

Major European bank could help Russia lift its sunken nuclear submarines

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Private: Nils Bøhmer

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