Despite major technical troubles, new Russian icebreaker sets course for Barents Sea
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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Russia’s Rosatomflot files lawsuits against shipyard as world’s most powerful icebreakers are notoriously delayed
Few details on the content of the lawsuits are made public, but Rosatomflot, the federal enterprise operating and maintaining the
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Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor
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
The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.
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Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed
Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker
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Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia
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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In a last move as PM, Medvedev secured funding to first Russian Lider-class icebreaker
On January 15th, the same day as he delivered his resignation, Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution allocating 127 billion rubles
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Compilation: Nuclear energy in the Arctic
How are Arctic countries using nuclear energy and what are the debates about it? A look back at Eye on
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Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says
Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of
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Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies
Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On
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Russian Navy 2019: Two new submarines, 23 new surface vessels and 480 new kinds of armament
President Putin assembles his top military aides to discuss the development of the Navy and Northern Fleet. As the year
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New ship to handle all nuclear waste from Rosatom’s operations in Russian Arctic
The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor
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Second shipment of fish via Russia’s Northern Sea Route cancelled
Sailing fish from the Far East via the Northern Sea Route to St. Petersburg on board the nuclear-powered container vessel
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Floating nuclear power plant near destination in Russian eastern Arctic
Final preparations in Pevek, the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation. The Akademik Lomonosov on the
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Norway, Sweden financed upgrades for ship linked to mysterious Russia blast
The two Scandinavian countries paid for installing communications and positioning systems on board the Serebryanka as well as physical protection
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