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 1, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Hungary seeks to postpone loan payback to Russia for Nuclear power plant: What will the final cost be?

Budapest is seeking to modify the terms of a loan it must repay to Russia for building two new VVER-1200 type reactors that will eventually […]

January 15, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association

Some of the biggest firsts in the history of nuclear science came from a place that originally had no name. Instead, the area was designated […]

January 14, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days

Recent announcements by Russia that it will decommission the Leningrad nuclear plant’s No 1 reactor have opened a broader discussion of […]

January 9, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant

Russian nuclear officials say they have taken a Soviet-built nuclear reactor out of operation after 45 years of service, in what is only the […]

January 3, 2019 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests

Shortly before Christmas, Murmansk’s Public Council for the Safe Use of Atomic Energy convened a meeting aboard the Akademik Lomonosov, […]

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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

Nuclear issues

Nuclear issues

Hungary seeks to postpone loan payback to Russia for Nuclear power plant: What will the final cost be?

Bellona publishes new report on the Mayak Production Association

Decommissioning Russia’s RBMK reactors by waiting for better days

Russia retires Reactor No 1 at the Leningrad nuclear plant

Visit to Russia’s floating nuclear plant aims to clear up ‘fake news’ about reactor tests

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Private: Nils Bøhmer

Hazardous waste management in Russia and the EU

Questions of handling the legacy of radioactive contamination at the Mayak Production Association