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

March 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Bellona’s working group aims to keep depleted uranium imports honest

Over the past several months, there has been alarm in Russian about the import of depleted uranium, a possibly dangerous substance that some […]

February 17, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russian icebreaker delivery delayed by electrical failure

A motor breakdown during sea trials aboard the Arktika, one of the world’s biggest nuclear icebreakers, has thrown into doubt that the […]

February 10, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Bellona’s Russian nuclear project celebrates its 25th anniversary

Bellona’s nuclear project is a tale of how a Norwegian organization and the world community helped Russia dispose of Soviet radioactive […]

February 3, 2020 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Russia eyes raising thousands of radioactive relics from watery Arctic graves

It should have been an easy job. Instead, towing a rust-bucket nuclear submarine known as the k-159 to scrapping ended in a headache Russia […]

January 27, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russian government bankrolls Leader nuclear icebreaker project

The Russian government has allocated $2 billion to build a goliath high-tech nuclear icebreaker it claims will keep the Arctic ice free for […]

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Private: Nils Bøhmer

Managing director
nils@bellona.no
+47 900 37 517

Nils Bøhmer has been managing director of the Bellona Foundation since 2006, after he worked 13 years at Bellona’s Russian department. Previously he worked at the NRPA. Bøhmer is Bellona’s expert on radioactive waste, nuclear accidents and nuclear power. He holds a M.Sc. from the University of Oslo and a Master’s degree in nuclear physics