Nuclear Issues

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Nuclear Digest

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The IAEA’s Role in Times of War

An overview of the Agency’s efforts to ensure safety at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities over the past two years (2022-2024)

18/12/2024

The Potential Restart of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: analysis of technical and political aspects

The report examines Rosatom's preparations for the restart of ZNPP, as well as the associated risks

01/07/2024

The nuclear legacy of the Russian Arctic

Status as of late 2023 and prospects for its elimination.

14/05/2024

Rosatom during the war: how militarization of the Russian nuclear giant took place

As the Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine lurches into its second year, extending the suffering and death of countless thousands, nearly the entire Russian economy has been shifted onto military footing.

05/04/2024

The Russian nuclear industry during wartime, 2022 and early 2023

Bellona has published a new report that analyze the new footing on which Rosatom, Russia’s power state nuclear corporation, has found itself as the the war in Ukraine grinds on

05/04/2024

Rosatom’s role in the war in Ukraine

Throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one Moscow corporation has emerged as a key player in and benefactor of the military assaults: Rosatom, the state-controlled nuclear entity, which occupies numerous critical links on the world’s nuclear supply chain.

05/04/2024

The Radiation Risks of Seizing the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

What would happen if any of the plant’s reactors were struck by artillery? Or a missile? What about the spent nuclear fuel storage pools? These questions and more are the subject of our new report

06/06/2023