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Russia planning Nukes in Space

Russia to start research on spacecraft nuclear engines next year http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-20 MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — Russia will start next year research on nuclear engines for spacecraft, the head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. Continue reading →

December 21, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Russia selling nukes, and weapons, to Vietnam

Russia, Vietnam ink deals on nuclear energy, weapons China View MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) –– Russia on Tuesday signed a document to build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, and another deal to deliver Russian-made weaponry to the Southeast Asian country, Russian news agencies reported. Continue reading →

December 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | ASIA, Russia, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA and Russia in no hurry to reduce nuclear arms

No plans to sign Russia nuclear deal this week: U.S WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) (Additional reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Cynthia Osterman– 16 Dec 09 The White House on Tuesday played down chances the United States and Russia would sign an agreement to reduce their nuclear arms stockpiles this week during the Copenhagen climate summit….. Continue reading →

December 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, Copenhagen, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Russia’s nuke sales to India, as Russia’s control laws not strict

Russia to build 12 nuclear reactors in India Moscow’s ambassador urges increasing nuclear cooperation with India Daily Times By Iftikhar Gilani 15 Dec 09 NEW DELHI: Russia is planning to set up 12 to 14 nuclear reactors in India, with the Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin saying his country had no issues with transferring enrichment and reprocessing technologies (ENR) to New Delhi.”We do not have domestic laws as strict as in some other countries. We do not see many problems in this field,” he said.

Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – Russia to build 12 nuclear reactors in India

December 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear pollution in Russia

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The Hays Daily News By ARTHUR MAX Associated Press Writer

DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, Ukraine (AP) — Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Increasing nuclear waste troubling Russian authorities

Russian nuclear regulator worried about increasing atomic waste Earth Times 16 Nov 2009 Moscow – Russia is getting buried in nuclear waste – about 550 million tons – and needs to do something about it, Continue reading →

November 16, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Russia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Russia plans nuclear powered, manned, trips to Mars

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Oh those Russians! Apparently they’re so keen to outdo everyone else in nuclear technology – they’re aiming to send men to Mars. I guess, being patriotic Russians, those astronauts don’t mind that radiation in space will give them cancer, or even that scientists are agreed – it would be a one-way trip!

Russia goes all out to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-13 MOSCOW, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) Continue reading →

November 14, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Russia | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear processing planned close to World Heritage lake

Activist works to protect Lake Baikal The Dartmouth News

By Laura Bryn Sisson November 2, 2009 The planned construction of a uranium enrichment center only 50 miles from Lake Baikal in Siberia poses an environmental threat to the world’s oldest and deepest lake, Continue reading →

November 4, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, environment, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Russia to use nuke-powered space travel?

October 28th, 2009 Will Russia’s Next Rocket be Nuclear? Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson space “…. Russia’s agency chief is proposing to build a new spaceship with a nuclear engine. Continue reading →

October 29, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, business and costs, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Russia to get nuclear-powered spacecraft

Russia to build spacecraft with nuclear engine http://www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-29 MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Russia is developing manned spacecraft powered by nuclear engines, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency said on Wednesday. The development of Megawatt-class nuclear power systems for manned spacecraft was vital if Russia intended to maintain its leading position in the space industry, Anatoly Perminov said in a meeting of the presidential commission on the modernization of the Russian economy. “The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs,” Perminov was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency.

Russia to build spacecraft with nuclear engine_English_Xinhua

October 29, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, politics, Russia | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Russia’s nuclear dustbin

Toxic debt The Engineer 126 Oct 09 “……………Big four toxic dumps – The legacy of the Soviet Union’s chemical and nuclear programmeAndreeva Bay – Russia’s nuclear dustbin, home to some 22,000 spent fuel assemblies, 35 metric tonnes of radioactive materials, and 12,000m3 of solid and liquid waste taken from decommissioned vessels of the Northern FleetAtomflot – Final resting place of the Lepse (the floating Chernobyl), an abandoned supply vessel crammed with 650 damaged nuclear fuel rods …………………………..Chernobyl – Engineers are racing to complete the construction of a new shield that will cover the leaking, 20-year-old sarcophagus Chemical weapons – Russia has the largest declared stockpile of chemical weapons — more than 40,000 tonnes. Much of this is stored in artillery shells and rocket warheads

Toxic debt – The Engineer

October 27, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Russia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Costly Chernobyl cleanup continues

Toxic debt – The Engineer 26 Oct 09 “……………..While the legacy of the Soviet Union’s military might continues to present challenges, it is Chernobyl, a civilian nuclear reactor, which remains the most terrifying symbol of the era. Continue reading →

October 27, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Russia, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Chernobyl still has unsolved nuclear waste problem

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond to be Decommissioned Chernobyl and Eastern Europe 22 Oct 09 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently conducting a three-day seminar in Kyiv, Ukraine to discuss problems related to the decommissioning of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s cooling pond….
…….The Chernobyl cooling pond is an artificial body of water that was created to cool the heat exchangers of four nuclear reactor units at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. As a result of the Chernobyl accident, the cooling pond was exposed to extremely high levels of contamination. The reservoir area has an approximate volume of 8.5 square miles, or 5,297,199,985 cubic feet.

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond to be Decommissioned – Chernobyl and Eastern Europe Blog

October 22, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, Russia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Russian groups challenge Rosatom on radioactive waste dumps

DEMAND FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS

Surrounding homes Seversk located at a distance of less than one kilometer from the place of storage containers. photo google Earth http://earth.google.com/intl/ru/

Open letter on the issue of import to Russia for foreign timeless storage dump uranium hexafluoride Continue reading →

October 20, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, wastes | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment

Germany’s unsafe nuclear waste dump in Siberia

Russian environmentalists criticise uranium storage in Siberia Monsters and Critics Oct 16, 2009, Moscow – A Russian environmentalist group Friday criticised the way nuclear waste from Germany was being stored in the open air in restricted military areas in Siberia, and appealed for awareness of the issue in Germany. Continue reading →

October 17, 2009 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes | Leave a comment