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Investigating nuclear threat

Investigating nuclear threat. Bellona Foundation. Founded in 1986 Work areas: Climate and energy Norwegian environmental issues and polices Russian environmental issues Offices in Oslo, Murmansk, St Petersburg, Brussels, Washington D.C. Russian nuclear issues. Nuclear weapons industry

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Investigating nuclear threat

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  1. Investigating nuclear threat

  2. Bellona Foundation • Founded in 1986 • Work areas: • Climate and energy • Norwegian environmental issues and polices • Russian environmental issues • Offices in Oslo, Murmansk, St Petersburg, Brussels, Washington D.C. Global Investigative Journalism

  3. Russian nuclear issues • Nuclear weapons industry • Reprocessing • Nuclear power plants • Uranium mining and enrichment • Nuclear submarines, icebreakers, surface vessels • Research reactors Global Investigative Journalism

  4. Russian nuclear issues Global Investigative Journalism

  5. Russia’s nuclear map Global Investigative Journalism

  6. Reactor grade plutonium: 30 tonnes Weapons grade plutonium: 100 tonnes Highly enriched uranium: 1200 tonnes Spent nuclear fuel: 20000 tonnes Solid waste: 177m tonnes Liquid waste: 500m cubic meters Nuclear legacy Global Investigative Journalism

  7. Around 250 built (1955-2008) More than 200 taken out of service Around 120 submarines dismantled Nuclear submarines Global Investigative Journalism

  8. Navy bases, ship yards, spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste storage sites in Murmansk region Global Investigative Journalism

  9. Andreyeva Bay: overview Губа Андреевахранилище ОЯТ и РАО Северного флотаСамый проблемный ядерно- и радиационно-опасный объект на Кольском п-веБолее 21000 ОТВС (3059 чехлов) находится в баках сухого хранения • Spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste storage facility on Kola • The most problematic nuclear waste site on the Kola Peninsula • Over 21,000 spent nuclear fuel rods Global Investigative Journalism

  10. Containers with spent nuclear fuel assemblies Global Investigative Journalism

  11. Solid radioactive waste storage conditions at the site Global Investigative Journalism

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  13. Spent nuclear fuel storage tanks Global Investigative Journalism

  14. Fuel storage tank 2B Global Investigative Journalism

  15. Inside fuel storage tank Global Investigative Journalism

  16. Nuclear weapons centre Reprocessing Hundreds of tonnes of radwaste Release into water systems Mayak site Global Investigative Journalism

  17. Disposal of radioactive products into River Techa Explosion in 1957 Distribution of radioactivity from Lake Karachai Mayak site Global Investigative Journalism

  18. Bellona’s work in Russia Global Investigative Journalism

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  27. The Nikitin case - 1996 Global Investigative Journalism

  28. The Nikitin case Global Investigative Journalism

  29. The Nikitin case - 2000 Global Investigative Journalism

  30. Kursk accident - 2000 Global Investigative Journalism

  31. The Pasko case: 1997-2003 Global Investigative Journalism

  32. K-159 - 2003 Global Investigative Journalism

  33. Nuclear remediation funding Global Investigative Journalism

  34. Future challenges • Lack of openness • Lack of effective management • Lack of funds • Weak NGO society Global Investigative Journalism

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