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

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 […]

April 14, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear issues in ex-soviet republics, Nuclear Russia

Estonia mulls building a nuclear plant of its own

The government of Estonia, the small Baltic state on Russia’s western border, is investigating the possibility of building nuclear power […]

April 13, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Fukushima to release wastewater into the ocean, says Japanese government

Japan’s government says it will release more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant […]

March 21, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom seeks contractor to dispose of sunken subs reactor cores

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced a tender for disposing of reactor cores from the K-27 submarine, which was […]

March 18, 2021 Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Imported transformers behind November outage at Belarusian nuclear plant

Italian-produced equipment was behind a mishap at the Belarus nuclear power plant late last year, which saw a newly operational […]

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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

Russia to open new plant for processing depleted uranium

Estonia mulls building a nuclear plant of its own

Fukushima to release wastewater into the ocean, says Japanese government

Rosatom seeks contractor to dispose of sunken subs reactor cores

Imported transformers behind November outage at Belarusian nuclear plant

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Private: Nils Bøhmer

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