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POPSRussia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations Something else to raise the ire of environmentalists everywhere. They do have one very valid fear of radioactive waste being dumped into the sea. After all, it is cheaper than shipping it somewhere else to be stored. Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada and the US have all claimed large areas of the Arctic in the past five years. Russian scientists used a mini-submarine to plant a flag below the North Pole in 2007 and have claimed that a nearby underwater ridge is part of its continental shelf.
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POPSRussia to complete Iranian nuclear plant on time Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko said on Thursday a trial run of the Bushehr plant was scheduled for this year. "Yes. We are moving according to schedule," he said, answering a question as to whether a trial run was possible before the end of this year. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization earlier said the Bushehr plant was 94.8% complete. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said it was due to be put into operation in the first half of 2009.
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POPSRussia's 'ticking nuclear time bomb': Andreeva Bay See also {{nohobot}}'s Russian Nuclear Store 'a Powder Keg' More from the scotsman : "Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has sharply cut its stockpile of nuclear warheads, from 45,000 to less than 7,000. Now, it is its non-weaponised nuclear material that causes greatest concern in western "capitals." "By some estimates, Russia has 1,200 tonnes of highly enriched uranium and 15,000 tonnes of solid spent nuclear fuel. There are some 1,000 nuclear power plants of various types." "In 2002, the G8 group of rich nations agreed to spend as much as £10 billion securing and decommissioning Russia's nuclear, chemical and biological research sites....Like Ukraine, Russia has received substantial aid from western countries to help dismantle and securely store both weapons-grade plutonium and much of its former submarine fleet."
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