March 5, 2014 Nuclear Agreements Obama budget cuts funding for US-Russian plutonium disposal plan to applause of environmental scientists After nearly two decades, billions of dollars and minimal progress, the Obama administration yesterday put on “cold standby” the US…
March 3, 2014 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian-built Finnish nuclear project barely clearing legal hurdles and churning up SNF storage issues Finland’s prospective Hanhikivi Nuclear Power Plant has inched past an ownership hurdle after slightly more than 40 Finnish stakeholders agreed…
March 3, 2014 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan Working Document: Bellona’s Analysis of Post-Fukushima Stress Tests on Russian Nuclear Power Plants ST. PETERSBURG – After the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, nuclear experts worldwide agreed to stress-test…
February 28, 2014 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Paks Nuclear Power Plant Deal: In spite of protests, Hungary will move forward and accept Russian financing VILNIUS--The Hungarian parliament has approved a deal with Russia for the expansion of Paks nuclear power plant; according to the…
January 21, 2014 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics Spending for the sake of spending, or why Rosatom’s new Hungarian venture is doomed to fail MOSCOW – A recent agreement signed between Russia and Hungary will have the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom build…
