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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December 21, 2011 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Russia’s plan to move spent nuclear fuel to Siberia raises safety concerns – and fails to solve the mounting waste problem

ST. PETERSBURG - A special-purpose train carrying 80 tons of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)…

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December 19, 2011 Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Japan’s PM declares Fukushima stable – environmentalists beg to differ

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan declared Friday that the end has come to the world’s worst nuclear crisis since…

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December 14, 2011 Climate change, Nuclear issues

COMMENT: Poland begs off new Lithuanian NPP venture, environmentalists demand to scrap the nuke plant project altogether

MOSCOW – Poland has announced it would not participate in the construction of the new nuclear power plant (NPP) to…

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November 29, 2011 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

ANALYSIS: Mountain of waste: New temporary radwaste storage site at Russia’s Novovoronezh NPP threatens to multiply, grow into long-term problem across country

NOVOVORONEZH, Russia – A public hearing gathered last Tuesday in Novovoronezh, Central European Russia, to discuss the construction of a…

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November 28, 2011 Nuclear Russia

Russia again switches venues for floating nuclear power plant builds

In yet another change of venue for the building of Russia’s floating nuclear power plants, Rosenergoatom and St. Petersburg’s giant…