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 29, 2012 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, Russian Navy

Rosatom-Bellona seminar on Global Partnership progress shows signs of hope

MOSCOW – A Monday seminar arranged between Bellona and Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom in Moscow yielded encouraging results in…

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February 27, 2012 Nuclear Russia

Rosatom-owned company accused of selling shoddy equipment to reactors at home and abroad, pocketing profits

Russian Federal Prosecutors have accused a company owned by the country’s nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, with massive corruption and manufacturing…

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February 23, 2012 Accidents and incidents

Explosion at Sarov nuclear facility leads to at least one injury and radical media confusion

In an event that has led to several confusing reports in Russian media, an explosion of a non-radioactive substance occurred…

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February 20, 2012 Nuclear Agreements, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

New Obama budget makes deep cuts in US global nonproliferation efforts – can nuclear smuggling be stemmed?

While the new budget submitted for 2013 by President Barack Obama could mean positive initiatives to reduce US dependence on…

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February 17, 2012 Nuclear Russia

COMMENT: Dawn of the political dead: Kremlin’s fake greens stagger to life as Premier Putin rallies unlikely support for presidential bid

MOSCOW – Last week’s convention in Moscow of the so-called “Green” movement stirred up a puff of malodorous political dust…