May 21, 2021 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Bellona urges the Arctic Council to tackle sunken radiation hazards As Russia begins its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, Bellona supports an international response to raising nuclear submarines and…
May 4, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia eyes building five more floating nuclear plants: report Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has reportedly approved a plan to power a far eastern copper mining venture by building as…
April 28, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia On Chernobyl’s 35th anniversary, Ukraine opens a new nuclear waste repository at the stricken plant Ukraine’s president has unveiled plans for a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, which 35 years ago this week became…
April 20, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russian nuclear officials offer new promises to build ‘optimized’ floating nuclear plants The technical design bureau of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has begun drawing up blueprints for a scaled-down version of…
April 16, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia Russia to open new plant for processing depleted uranium An electrochemical plant run by Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced the construction of a new uranium hexafluoride handling…