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

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Dmitry Gorchakov, Bellona's nuclear advisor

Nuclear risks in the Russian Arctic during the war in Ukraine

The following speech was given by Bellona nuclear expert Dmitry Gorchakov at the Arctic Frontiers conference, which was in session in Tromsø, Norway

03/02/2025

VIDEO: Presentation of the Bellona’s new report, The IAEA’s Role in Time of War

The report, analyzing the IAEA’s actions since the war began, offers Bellona’s assessment of the agency’s effectiveness as a UN body. It also examines the professional relationships between the IAEA’s governing bodies and officials from the warring nations.

23/01/2025

Facts, Figures, and Reach

An Overview of Bellona's Vilnius Office Activities in 2024

14/01/2025

Uranium yellowcake is used in the preparation of uranium fuel that is used in nuclear reactors. Photo: US Department of Energy

EU and US reduce Russian uranium and nuclear fuel purchases in 2024

At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not.

14/01/2025

The people involved

Aleksander Nikitin

Nuclear advisor

aleksandr@bellona.no

Dmitry Gorchakov

Nuclear advisor

dmitry@bellona.org

Nuclear Issues

Subordinate focus areas

Nuclear Digest

Publications related to focus area

The IAEA’s Role in Times of War

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

The nuclear legacy of the Russian Arctic

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

The Russian nuclear industry during wartime, 2022 and early 2023

Rosatom’s role in the war in Ukraine

The Radiation Risks of Seizing the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

News related to focus area

Nuclear risks in the Russian Arctic during the war in Ukraine

VIDEO: Presentation of the Bellona’s new report, The IAEA’s Role in Time of War

Facts, Figures, and Reach

EU and US reduce Russian uranium and nuclear fuel purchases in 2024

The people involved

Aleksander Nikitin

Dmitry Gorchakov

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