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Anti-atom.ru (anti-atom.ru), 22 november 2011 - Today, November 22, the activists of environmental organizations "Nature and Youth" and "Kola Eco Center" have made an action in the center of Murmansk, on the "5 corners" square against the construction of expensive and dangerous nuclear power plants (NPP).

Anti-atom.ru (anti-atom.ru), 6 oct 2011 - Sergey Kirienko, the head of Rosatom, has announced about construction of Kola Nuclear
Power Plant-2. The ecologists of Murmansk responded by highlighting unsafety of the
project and mentioning that 87% of the region’s population are against of NPP.

Today, October 5th, the press relations service of Murmansk Regional Duma has reported
about the visit of Sergey Kirienko, the head of Rosatom State Corporation, to the town of

anti-atom.ru, 24-03-2011 - “Kola nuclear power plant should be closed! “- this requirement raises Murmansk Regional Youth Public Environmental Organization > in its statement.

25 years has gone since Chernobyl disaster. Those were 25 years of
promises and lies, that all the errors taken into account and this
will never happen again, and now, right in front of our our eyes in
Japan there is another tragedy caused by the “peaceful atom”. But

Anti-atom.ru, February 18, 2011 - Russian government decided to delay construction of new nuclear reactors and large hydro plants yesterday to save around $0,5 billion. No detail is given so far about how it will affect specific projects already under implementation.

Nytimes.com, 31.12.2010 - MOSCOW — Under extremely tight security, Ukraine has sent 110 pounds of highly enriched uranium, a significant portion of its Soviet-era stock, to Russia for disposal or storage, officials announced Friday.

The material, taken from research reactors, was moved by plane in December in specially designed casks as part of President Obama’s effort to reduce the chances that nuclear material might be diverted or stolen.

BERLIN — Germany on Monday called off hotly-disputed plans to ship radioactive nuclear waste to Russia as it doubted the cargo would be safely disposed of, a spokeswoman for the environment ministry said.

Germany's nuclear watchdog approved in September the shipment of 951 spent fuel elements originating from a research centre in ex-communist East Germany to the Mayak nuclear facility, 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) east of Moscow.

What should countries do with their nuclear waste?

This question has been tormenting scientists and politicians since the early days of nuclear energy. Proposals have ranged from storing radioactive material in polar ice sheets, burying it in the ocean floor, or even blasting it into space.

Although such ideas can sound amusing today, the amount of nuclear waste building up around the world is no laughing matter.

By Vladimir Slivyak (Translated by Maria Kaminskaya for bellona.org), November 26, 2010 - Hardly anyone will be surprised to hear that corruption is prevalent in Russia – not exactly a news flash. But when it comes to nuclear industry, and the standards it must follow to ensure nuclear safety, at issue is something warranting special scrutiny. Bellona’s regular contributor, co-chairman of the environmental group Ecodefense! Vladimir Slivyak comments on a new report on high corruption risks in the way Russia’s state corporation Rosatom does business.