NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that the Alliance will soon begin military exercises involving the use of nuclear weapons. The media points out that these maneuvers will take place shortly after Russia escalated its nuclear doctrine. NATO Exercises: On Monday (October 14), the annual Steadfast Noon nuclear weapons exerciseContinue Reading
Referring to certain ‘provocative’ statements made by NATO leaders in recent days, Russia announced it would be holding tactical nuclear weapon drills. Russia said Monday it plans to hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid rising tensions following comments by senior Western officials about the possibility ofContinue Reading
The top U.S. nuclear envoy will visit Romania, Poland and Sweden next week to discuss North Korea’s military threats and its growing ties with Russia, the State Department said Friday. From Monday through Friday, U.S. Senior Official for North Korea Jung Pak is set to travel to Bucharest, Warsaw andContinue Reading
Sweden is planning a“massive” expansion of new nuclear power, the government said. By 2045, it wants the country to have the equivalent of 10 new reactors, two of which will already be operational by 2035. This would mean“a historic restructuring of Sweden’s energy policy,” Minister for Energy, Business and IndustryContinue Reading
An independent monitoring group urges Finland to exercise caution in regard to NATO nuclear weapons exercises, reports the Finnish news agency (STT). A fresh report recommends that Finland maintains its prohibitions on the importation, manufacturing, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives. The Nuclear Weapons Monitoring Group (Finland), whose members includeContinue Reading
The energy crisis caused EU support to Ukraine in war with Russia appears to have increased support for nuclear power in Finland among Parliamentary parties. And the problem is that Russian nuclear plants are cheaper and more reliable to build up. More than half of Finnish MPs think that FinlandContinue Reading
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has said the studies included in the consultation on Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB’s (SKB’s) application to build a final repository for used nuclear fuel at Forsmark present no reasons for it to change its previous assessments of the project. The regulator was responding to theContinue Reading
Fennovoima’s plans to build a controversial nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, on Finland’s northwest coast, will be delayed again, the company announced in a statement on Wednesday. The nuclear power consortium said that it has taken longer than expected to bring the project’s design and licensing materials up to requiredContinue Reading
USAs stormaktspolitikk i Arktis øker faren for en alvorlig atomulykke i Norge. I Tromsø kan konsekvensen for kommunens innbyggere bli alvorlig, om det verste skulle skje. Ann Helen Jakobsen bor på bygda. Ei bygd nært byen, og ei bygd hun ikke tar for gitt at alle vil høre på. IkkeContinue Reading
Estonia will face critical electricity shortage soon if any concrete actions to improve the circumstances are not taken, writes Henri Ormus, a nuclear energy expert and a co-founder of Fermi Energia – a company that is proposing to build small nuclear energy plants in the country. First, most of theContinue Reading