Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland

The decommissioning of the world’s oldest Chernobyl-type reactors at the Leningrad NPP is taking concrete forms.

The Rosenergoatom Concern assessed the environmental safety of the decommissioning of the 1st and 2nd power units of the Leningrad ...
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«Baltic Sea Day» — One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

that was the impression I got on March 23rd after attending the traditional annual conference THE DAY OF THE BALTIC ...
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Nuclear risks in the event of hostilities in the Baltic and Arctic regions were discussed at the international level.

Oleg Bodrov participated in the international webinar by invitation of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the Åland ...
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Reflections After Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland

On February 15, at the initiative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, a meeting with the ...
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Militarization of the Baltic sea region: Current challenges and possible solutions

On September 2, in St. Petersburg, Russia, an international online conference “Militarization of the Baltic Region. Modern Challenges and Possible ...
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Russia is not a nuclear waste dump!

Russian-German coalition demands to stop nuclear waste movement from Germany to Russia!  The appeal to the authorities of Russia and ...
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Leningrad NPP is a cloud generator

Leningrad NPP is a cloud generator. Every day, 50,000 tons of water steam (one of the greenhouse gases) and fine ...
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Decommissioning Russia’s old nuclear power reactors Status update on key processes 2019

Russia’s fleet of nuclear power reactors is aging. In fact, 23 out of 35 operating reactors have passed their designed ...
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Request for support from Russia

Dear friends and colleagues! On May 12, at 8:00 (CET), the ship Mikhail Dudin arrives in the Russian port of ...
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The Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf of Finland (Oleg Bodrov) is lobbying for the adoption of the new regional Law of the Leningrad Region

March 26, 2020. Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, Russia. The Public Council of the South Coast of the Gulf ...
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Russian-Lithuanian group of experts published a report about radioactive carbon 14C and NPPs:

CURRENT CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE GRAPHITE HANDLING IN DECOMMISSIONING OF RBMK-TYPE REACTORS The world faces a new stage ...
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Video summary of a public meeting with representatives of the Ramsar Convention on the topic of the gas pipeline in the Kurgalsky reserve

Elizaveta Mikhailova, the project coordinator of the Public Council of the South coast of the Gulf of Finland, together with ...
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Ramsar Advisory Mission arrived with environmental inspection to Kurgalsky Peninsula Nature Reserve

On November 12, 2019 experts from the Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB), Greenpeace Russia, WWF Russia, the Public Council of the ...
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Decommissioning Russia’s old nuclear power reactors — Status update on key processes 2018

This report sums up the situation for Russian nuclear power plant decommissioning, and the main changes in 2018. The report ...
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Christmas gift to planet Earth

THE WORLD'S OLDEST REACTOR OF THE CHERNOBYL SERIES IS STOPPED! NEW ERA OF THE RUSSIAТ NUCLEAR INDUSTRY Friday, December 21, 2018 ...
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The CALL for the 100th anniversary of the First World War: Down with war, let’s build peace!

We, women and men from all continents of the world want to develop a culture of peace on a global level, ...
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Putin’s green patriots enter Norway

Russian Ecological Chamber, an NGO created by former State Duma Deputies, invites to Barents EcoWeek, a gathering other environmental groups ...
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Business Game on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) within the framework of the XIX International Environmental Forum «Baltic Sea Day 2018»

On March 23, a business game on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of ...
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Violations of technology, falsifications and other problems in the construction of Leningrad NPP-2

The new power unit of the Leningrad NPP-2 with the VVER-1200 reactor started operating in February 2018 at 40 km ...
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«Finland’s Pyhäjoki nuclear plant takes our pension money»

Reactor design, construction, uranium supplies and important financier. Russia has a core role in what will be Finland’s northernmost nuclear ...
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The Results of the Public Environmental Impact Assessment (PEIA) of Nord Stream 2 project

On Monday, January 15, 2018 in St. Petersburg in the Business News Agency held a press conference "The Results of ...
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Position paper of the “Public Council of the south shore of the Gulf of Finland” and NGO Indigenous people “Shoykula” about Nord Stream 2 project.

The Russian public ask the «Friends of the Earth Europe» to be solidarity with Russian NGOs. It's necessary to persuade ...
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Unknown Fire at Ecomet-S Facility Close to St. Petersburg

On Monday, December 18, 2017, in the evening, there was a fire in SosnovyBor, in the center of the nuclear ...
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Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in Russia. View of Non-Government Organizations

Russian and international non-governmental organizations have their own opinion on the problem of RW and SNF disposal outlined in various ...
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Nuclear Geopolitics in the Baltic Sea Region: Exposing Russian Strategic Interests behind Ostrovets NPP

Is Russia furthering its strategic interests by facilitating and supporting the construction of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant in Belarus? ...
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