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

October 23, 1997 Russian Navy

Peter the Great at sea, at last

One billion USD nuclear powered cruiser Peter the Great left the Northern Fleet home base Severomorsk in the end of September, finally […]

October 23, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Solution to question of responsibility within 1997

Minatom and the Russian state Duma are agreeing on giving exemption from responsibility to western companies involved with nuclear projects […]

October 22, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel

Spent fuel containers should not be exposed to the arctic winter

Last week Bellona Web reported on the discouraging situation at the Northern Fleet main storage site for radioactive wastes, were spent […]

October 21, 1997 Nuclear Russia

Kola radiation alarm cut due to unpaid phone bill

The radiation alarm system set up by Finnish radiation protection authorities around Kola nuclear power plant is not operating due to an […]

October 17, 1997 Russian Navy

Typhoon under repairs, Gepard delayed for a year

Sevmash shipbuilding yard is working hard to complete overhaul repairs on a Typhoon class submarine, while also entering the next stage of […]

Get in touch with our expert in this field

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