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Russia to scrap multilateral nuclear environmental agreement

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 10:48
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The Russian Government intends withdraw from the landmark agreement with the European Union and Norway that since 2003 has paved

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Substantial expansion of trout farming in cooling water of Kola nuclear power plant

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 4, 2024 at 14:47
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Russia aims to reduce dependence on Norwegian fry imports. The expanded facilities next to Kola nuclear power plant in Lake

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Close call incident in a nuclear-powered ship in Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:10
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The fire brigade in Murmansk quickly extinguished the blaze that broke out on the 24th of December in a cabin

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Russian nickel miner wants nuclear power for Arctic plant

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 16:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 16:30
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Nornickel starts talks with Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom on the building of a small-scale nuclear power station in

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Russia tested nuclear-powered missile & could revoke atomic test ban, Putin says

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 14:35
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Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country’s

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Russia grants funding for Arctic nuclear waste ship

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:30
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Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed the decree granting 12,4 billion rubles to build a transport- and maintenance ship

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New icebreaker has major importance for Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:59
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The “Ural,” Russia’s third vessel of the powerful LK-60 class, makes its maiden voyage to its home port of Murmansk.

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Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:50
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One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led

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Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 News Russia 

EU ready to co-fund removal of sunken nuclear subs from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 11:38
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The Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) has decided to start a technical review aimed to find a safe way to

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Despite major technical troubles, new Russian icebreaker sets course for Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 11:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:39
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With only two of its three engines in operation, Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker is on its maiden voyage to icy

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Rosatomflot files lawsuits against shipyard as world’s most powerful icebreakers are notoriously delayed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 16:00
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Few details on the content of the lawsuits are made public, but Rosatomflot, the federal enterprise operating and maintaining the

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 15:29
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These objects are not environmentally safe, a representative of Rosatom made clear as he this week presented a clean-up plan

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The city that builds Russia’s nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 14:30
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The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 11:54
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Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 10:26
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The world’s only nuclear-powered merchant ship left St. Petersburg on Tuesday and is now underway to Arkhangelsk where it will

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