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Russian nuclear corporation says 5 staff members died in last week’s “liquid propulsion system” blast

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 14:06
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Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom issued a statement late Friday night about the death of five of its staff. Three others received

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant worries Alaskans

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 15:56
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Russia has produced the world’s first floating nuclear power plant. A barge mounted with nuclear reactors is expected to begin

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Radiation worries but few details following rocket blast in northwest Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 12:19 — Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2019 at 15:54
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Russian authorities confirm mysterious brief radiation spike a few hours after the missile engine blast, but the source of release

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Blog – Between Militarization and Disarmament: Constructing Peace in the Arctic

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 13:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:52
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Since 2007 there has been ongoing debate as to the prospects for conflict in the Arctic. Realists contend that great

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 14:32 — Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:51
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Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.

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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 11:56 — Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:51
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One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 10:53
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Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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Floating nuclear power plant will be key to Northern Sea Route, Russia’s Rosatom says

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 14:04
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The Akademik Lomonosov has been officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company. The construction and testing of

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Russian secret sub to be repaired and put back in service

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 09:40 — Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 15:04
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The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir

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Fire kills 14 sailors onboard Russian secret sub

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 14:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 14:36
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The Losharik started burning during underwater research activities in Russian territorial waters. “On 1st July a fire started onboard an

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 1, 2019 at 08:30
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The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice

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Nuclear waste company plans major investment at disposal site in southwest Finland

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Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 13:33
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Nuclear waste firm Posiva is to spend some 500 million euros on a production facility for spent fuel handling at

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Small traces of radioactive Cobalt-60 detected along Norway-Russia border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 11:03
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“The levels measured are very, very low and we don’t know its origin,” says Bredo Møller with Norway’s radiation agency’s

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Work begins to remove nuclear waste from old Russian ship in Murmansk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 15:15
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The compartment with hundreds of partly damaged spent fuel elements is taken into a shelter to minimize the risk in

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Arctic Russia: Floating nuclear plant’s reactors tested at full capacity

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 10:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 12:04
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Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Russia’s Arctic port of Pevek this summer and connected to the grid