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 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days

Recent announcements by Russia that it will decommission the Leningrad nuclear plant’s No 1 reactor have opened a broader discussion of […]

January 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant

Russian nuclear officials say they have taken a Soviet-built nuclear reactor out of operation after 45 years of service, in what is only the […]

January 3, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests

Shortly before Christmas, Murmansk’s Public Council for the Safe Use of Atomic Energy convened a meeting aboard the Akademik Lomonosov, […]

January 2, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russian-built reactor in Finland again delayed

The start-up date of a Russian-built Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland has again been delayed over safety concerns, marking another […]

December 19, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Legislation grants Rosatom control of the Russian Arctic

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has been granted control over the Arctic Northern Sea Route, advancing its aim of becoming the […]

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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