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Može li ukrajinska nuklearna industrija doživjeti još jedan Černobil?

April 27, 2021

Trideset i pet godina nakon katastrofe, nuklearna industrija Ukrajine je suočena sa korupcijom, sigurnosnim problemima i politizacijom pri …


Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?

April 26, 2021

Thirty-five years after disaster the industry faces claims of corruption, safety issues and politicised decision-making.


Estonia, the wild east of small nuclear reactors

February 10, 2020

Over the past year a new player has aggressively joined the Estonian energy debate: Fermi Energy, a private company promising fourth generation small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The problem is that instead of solving the country’s energy and climate woes, the not-so-futuristic SMRs are creating new challenges. 


Energiegewinnung in Tschernobyl: Strahlender Solarpark

January 28, 2018

Neben der AKW-Ruine in Tschernobyl entsteht mit deutscher Hilfe ein erster Solarpark. Weitere sollen folgen. Das gefällt nicht allen. Source: Energiegewinnung in Tschernobyl: Strahlender Solarpark


Nuclear safety in Europe: decision-making behind closed doors?

July 4, 2017

European citizens don’t want to be left out of decision-making over nuclear power. But a recent meeting of the Espoo Convention reveals how concerns over reactor life-time extensions are being sidelined.


Nuclear accountability curbed by EU politics and industry interests

July 3, 2017

A meeting of the parties to the UN convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo) helped to showcase the influence that politics and the nuclear industry lobby have over decisions that have potentially severe impacts on European citizens’ health and the environment.


Nuclear safety and decommissioning – Update on the EBRD’s Ukraine Safety Upgrade programme

May 5, 2017


Ukraine clings to nuclear power despite Chernobyl trauma

April 27, 2017

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine is still suffering from the trauma of the world’s worst civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl but has nonetheless turned the hazardous fuel into the backbone of its energy portfolio. Source: Ukraine clings to nuclear power despite Ch


Ukraine’s addiction to nuclear energy poses a decades-long threat to Europe

February 2, 2017

Despite an urgent need to rebuild and reshape its highly inefficient and outdated energy sector, Ukraine has recently presented a draft of its new energy strategy that looks more like of the same. While the strategy makes mention of modern renewable en


New cases at UN and EU bodies against Ukraine’s prolongation of nuclear licenses

November 8, 2016

As pressure from civil society and governments is mounting, UN and EU bodies acknowledge Ukraine’s lack of accountability for plans to extend the lifetime of its nuclear fleet. The country could be found in breach of international law. Once again.


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