News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
15 April 2010
To a background of Kratwerk’’s ‘Radioactivity’ the narrator tells the story of how Russia’s ice-breakers were the first to conquer the Arctic. Why is this of interest? First, it is an excellent piece of music. Second, there is a graphic representation and some mention of the new generation of ice-breakers. Third, this seems to be just a general kind of, dare... Read More...
29 January 2010
The new law currently before the Russian Duma on the Management of Radioactive Waste does not offer sufficient safeguards for the health of human populations according to critics as reported in b-port.com, the regional news-agency from Murmansk. Apparently the law will even allow the importation of nuclear waste into Russia from abroad, which will scarcely assist Russia’s own massive... Read More...
13 November 2009
Полит.ru writes about something that has not been mentioned for some time, the plans for a floating nuclear power station, know as Project Патес. The project appears to have a number of purposes and is designed to play an integral role in Russia’s Arctic Development plans, thus Gazprom intends to use it for, ‘для энергообеспечения добычи и... Read More...
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