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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

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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News 

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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Geopolitics 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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The Swedish nuclear power plant Forsmark in 2006. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Will Sweden be able to produce enough energy in the future?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 15:14 — Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 19:09
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This last spring and summer Sweden’s energy companies announced that four of ten nuclear reactors could need to be decommissioned,

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The new logistics centre will produce enough energy to heat 2,000 houses. (Yle)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

One of world’s largest geo-bio-energy facilities slated for Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 20:09
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A new world record is being set in the Helsinki suburb of Sipoo,Finland where a 300,000-square-metre logistics centre to be

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

$20M low water level fund to cover N.W.T. diesel power crisis: minister

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 16:29 — Last Updated: Monday, March 2, 2015 at 14:08
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Broken turbine at N.W.T.’s Snare Lake plant could take up to six weeks to repair A $20 million fund the

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Olkiluoto nuclear power plant at Eurajoki. (Yle)
Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland: Nuclear reactor offline for another week

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 16:31 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 20:04
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A leakage was detected in Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear power plant’s number-two reactor on Wednesday, and the unit was detached from

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Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 21:04
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Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014. Energy-consumption levels have

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What's the power potential in Sweden's Christmas trees? (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden: The energy potential in recycled Christmas trees

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 20:06
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 According to the Stockholm city planning department, if all 3 million of this year’s Swedish Christmas trees were recycled, they

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Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Can wind power fill Sweden’s energy void?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 13:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 20:29
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With Sweden set to begin phasing out its aging nuclear reactors across the country, more attention is being paid to

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Christer Borg, from the environmental group Älvräddarna ("Stream Savers"). (Pernilla Anth Jacobsson/Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Unique court in North Sweden could see hydropower stations closed

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2014 at 10:22
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A unique court case in northern Sweden starting on Friday could decide the fate of many small waterpower stations. Government

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(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish wind farms are growing too fast: experts

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2013 at 11:39
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Wind power has soared to new heights in Sweden but some experts believe the renewable energy source could be expanding

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A scene from Sweden's storm Xaver earlier this month. Similar scenes played out in North Sweden when storm Ivar hit on Thursday. (Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

60,000 homes without power in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2013 at 14:31
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Around 60,000 households in northern Sweden are celebrating Lucia morning in the dark, as electricity has been cut by the

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(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Wind farm could hurt duck habitat says Swedish court

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 10:41
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Sweden’s Land and Environmental Court of Appeal rejected on Tuesday a proposed wind farm off the coast of Gävle in

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High winds over the weekend hit the northern counties of Västerbotten, Jämtland and Västernorrland. (Vattenfall / Radio Sweden)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

11,000 customers without power in Sweden’s North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 09:49
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Thousands in northern Sweden remained without electricity Monday morning after high winds blew over trees and torn down power lines

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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