Our focus areas: nuclear safety in Ukraine and Russia, Rosatom activities within the EU and globally, Russia’s environmental impact on the Arctic. We publish articles and reports, provide comments to the media. For over 40 years Bellona have been working with environmental issues.
An oil spill from a 26-year-old Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea could just as easily have occurred in the Arctic. The involved tanker, the Sofia, made several transit voyages along the Northern Sea Route during summer-autumn navigation period for three years between 2022 and 2025
What Rosatom Is Hiding During the War and Why IAEA Data Do Not Match
Russia, which owns the tanker, also does not seem willing to organize a rescue operation
A monthly analytical review offering expert insight into key developments in nuclear policy, economics, safety, and technology related to the activities of Rosatom in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries
