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

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May 27, 2013 Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia

ERC Bellona, experts, environmentalists survey Russia’s dirtiest radioactive ‘hot spot’

ST. PETERSBURG – St. Petersburg-based Bellona has taken part in a radiation and environmental survey of what has been dubbed…

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May 23, 2013 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan, Nuclear Russia

Mayor of Fukushima-devastated town: Say no to nuclear energy

SOSNOVY BOR, Russia – Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of Futaba – a town closest to the destroyed nuclear power plant (NPP)…

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May 6, 2013 Access to information, Nuclear issues

Thuggish arrests of activists and journalists mar Chernobyl anniversary march in Minsk, Belarus

MINSK – Still bent on plowing ahead with the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, Minsk remains intolerant of any opposition to…

May 3, 2013 Nuclear Russia

The enduring glow of a radiation disaster: Villagers near Russia’s Mayak still struggle to survive on contaminated lands

ST. PETERSBURG – A rural gathering that recently brought together residents of the villages of Muslyumovo, Brodokalmak, Russkaya Techa, and…

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April 30, 2013 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy

Andreyeva Bay and Lepse nuclear service ship remain major nuclear dangers to Northwest Russia

MOSCOW – The two most dangerous nuclear and radiation hazard elimination projects in Northwest Russia – the dismantlement of the…