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Norway opens new Arctic oil fields – named after sea ice phenomenon that the very same oil will contribute to melting - Bellona.org

5 days ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

Earlier this month, Norwegian state-owned petroleum company Equinor (with partners Vår Energi and Petoro) started production at a new Arctic site, with the controversial Johan Castberg project. It’s Norway’s most northern petroleum field, located in the Barents Sea more than 200km from the Northernmost point of Norway.
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade

2 weeks ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on the difficulties Moscow is experiencing while trying to bring newer reactors online. With supply lines tripped up by sanctions and Moscow’s economy oriented toward its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, progress to replace these dinosaurs of the civilian nuclear age is plodding.
A great leap towards a scaled European market for CCS: Northern Lights expands storage capacity, will store CO₂ from Stockholm - Bellona.org

3 weeks ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

In a decisive push for CCS deployment in Europe, CO2 storage operator Northern Lights announced on March 27 that it will increase its annual storage capacity from 1.5 to 5 million tonnes of CO2 by 2028. This step follows a major announcement by Stockholm Exergi: The Swedish energy company will invest in biogenic CO₂ capture at Värtaverket for storage on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Russia rebuffs US notion of taking over embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

3 weeks ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

Days after the Trump administration floated the idea of assuming control of Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as part of the nascent peace deal the US is trying to broker between Kyiv and the Kremlin, Russia’s foreign ministry has pushed back, warning the US to keep its hands to itself. The bluntly worded statement released last week offers one of the first outright claims of ownership to the plant iterated by the Russian side since its troops overran it in early 2022.
Could the US assume control of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant? Bellona considers the possibilities

1 month ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

During a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and US President Donald Trump, the US leader reportedly floated an unusual idea—that Kyiv’s leadership consider giving ownership of Ukraine’s power plants to the US for long-term security, according to a White House statement. The idea came as a surprise to Kyiv.
Enriched Uranium Fuels Russia's War Machine. But the U.S. Still Imports It

1 month ago | bellona.org | Dmitry Gorchakov |Charles Digges

This piece by Bellona’s Dmitry Gorchakov originally appeared in The Moscow Times. On Feb. 24, the pro-Kremlin outlet EA Daily reported that Tenex, a subsidiary of Rosatom, had resumed exporting low-enriched uranium to the United States. Citing data from the procurement tracking service ImportGenius, the report said that on Feb. 12, the vessel Atlantic Navigator II delivered a total of 100 tons of enriched uranium to the port of Baltimore.
The first 100 Days: What’s at stake for Europe's net-zero industry - Bellona.org

1 month ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

One hundred days into European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate, let’s take stock. «Since December, von der Leyen has been busy navigating turbulent transatlantic waters, while at home industry is begging for simplification and measures to support their global competitiveness.
Rosatom head says Russia will restart seized Ukrainian nuclear plant

1 month ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

Russia will restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—occupied by Moscow’s troops since the beginning of their three-year-old invasion of Ukraine—as soon as “military and political conditions allow it,” Alexei Likhachev, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said last week in remarks reported by Russian state media.
The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonization - Bellona.org

2 months ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

The Clean Industrial Deal (CID) represents a significant and commendable effort to tackle the challenges facing European energy-intensive industries today: unfair global competition and the urgent need for rapid decarbonization. We welcome its additional focus on scaling up the clean-tech sector, recognizing that clean/low-carbon technologies are not only key enablers of industrial decarbonization but also essential pillars of Europe’s net-zero economy.
Bellona Nuclear Digest. November-December 2024

2 months ago | bellona.org | Charles Digges

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Bellona ceased its activity in the aggressor country. On 18 April 2023, the Russian general prosecutor’s office declared Bellona to be an undesirable organization. However, we continue to monitor events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine, which we believe are of interest to foreign readers.