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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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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

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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Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

In a last move as PM, Medvedev secured funding to first Russian Lider-class icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 12:55 — Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 13:03
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On January 15th, the same day as he delivered his resignation, Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution allocating 127 billion rubles

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Compilation: Nuclear energy in the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 01:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 14:15
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How are Arctic countries using nuclear energy and what are the debates about it? A look back at Eye on

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:48
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Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of

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Geopolitics (Iceland) Iceland Politics 

Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 11:16
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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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Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russian Navy 2019: Two new submarines, 23 new surface vessels and 480 new kinds of armament

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:57
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President Putin assembles his top military aides to discuss the development of the Navy and Northern Fleet. As the year

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

New ship to handle all nuclear waste from Rosatom’s operations in Russian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:38
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The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Second shipment of fish via Russia’s Northern Sea Route cancelled

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 09:38 — Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 10:37
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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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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Floating nuclear power plant near destination in Russian eastern Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:39
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Final preparations in Pevek, the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation. The Akademik Lomonosov on the

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Norway, Sweden financed upgrades for ship linked to mysterious Russia blast

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 11:13 — Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 11:23
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The two Scandinavian countries paid for installing communications and positioning systems on board the Serebryanka as well as physical protection

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