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

February 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom reportedly reaching new deal to complete Turkish nuclear plant

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, is close to reaching an agreement for a new partner in a nuclear power plant it is building […]

February 13, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Norway’s radiation officials detect slight uptick of radioactive iodine in the air

Norwegian authorities have reported trace amounts of radioactive iodine 131 in the atmosphere, which emerged last week in measurements taken […]

February 12, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia set to decommission the world’s most remote nuclear power plant

Russia’s government has approved plans to begin decommissioning what are perhaps the most secluded commercial nuclear reactors in the […]

February 1, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Hungary seeks to postpone loan payback to Russia for Nuclear power plant: What will the final cost be?

Budapest is seeking to modify the terms of a loan it must repay to Russia for building two new VVER-1200 type reactors that will eventually […]

January 15, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association

Some of the biggest firsts in the history of nuclear science came from a place that originally had no name. Instead, the area was designated […]

Get in touch with our expert in this field

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