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

December 7, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Both reactors on Rosatom’s floating nuclear plant now operational

Both reactors on the Akademik Lomonosov, Russia’s controversial floating nuclear power plant, are now operational, and its starboard side […]

November 21, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia is building a nuclear-powered spaceship. Yes, you heard that right

The last time Russia brought up the notion of atomically powered space travel, it was to threaten the United States with cruise missiles […]

November 13, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Is Russia really offering Norway nuclear assistance, or is the joke on us?

For more than two decades, Norway has spent millions of dollars, in often trying political circumstances, to help Russia free itself from […]

November 5, 2018 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia’s floating nuclear plant starts its first reactor

Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, long a controversial dream of the country’s atomic energy industry, has finally become an actual […]

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October 31, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Shipbuilder cries foul over plans to construct nuclear mega-icebreaker in Russia’s Far East

The Leader, a Russian nuclear icebreaker that has existed in mythical blueprint since 2015, has become a political dispute as shipbuilders […]

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Private: Nils Bøhmer

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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