The Bellona Foundation.The private Bellona Foundation The Bellona Foundation is an international environmental organization established in 1986 and based in Oslo, Norway. It primarily functions as a nuclear watchdog focusing on developments in Russia (Bellona has branches in Murmansk and Saint Petersburg). was formed in 1986, a few months after the nuclear accident at Chornobyl, by environmentalists Frederic Hauge Frederic Hauge (born August 15, 1965) is a Norwegian environmental activist, and co-founder and leader of the Bellona Foundation since 1986. He appeared on Time Magazine's list of "Heroes of the Environment" October 2007. and Rune Haaland, who saw the need for a new, more involved environmental action organization in Norway. Bellona's scope grew in the 1990s to include international environmental protection, specifically in Russia. Today, Bellona strives to inform the public, policy makers, and the media about environmental hazards, particularly those related to energy production and nuclear power, and helps draft policy responses to these problems. The Bellona Foundation Web site, located at http://www.bellona.no/, provides an extensive archive and up-to-date source of news stories regarding nuclear power, energy, and the environment. Under the main menu on the home page, viewers can click on the All About Nuclear Russia link to read background information about nuclear-powered plants, icebreakers, and naval vessels in that country. Resources include news articles and fact sheets on current facilities and past accidents. Also located under the main menu is the Energy link. Clicking here takes readers to information about renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. sources and oil and gas production policies. Other links on the home page lead to information about Russian activists working on nuclear problems. The Nikitin Case link goes to news archives covering the controversial story of Aleksandr Nikitin. Nikitin was accused and eventually acquitted of high treason and divulging of state secrets for his part in coauthoring the 1996 Bellona report The Russian Northern Fleet The Russian Northern Fleet (Russian: Северный флот, Severny Flot) is the part of the Russian Navy that defends Russian territory beyond the Arctic Circle. , which describes problems the fleet is facing with the storage of spent nuclear fuel Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. and other radioactive waste radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness), disposing of such material is a generated by the operation of submarines and other vessels. The downloadable text of The Russian Northern Fleet is also available on the home page. The Pasko Case link takes visitors to information on Grigory Pasko Grigory Mikhailovich Pasko (born 1962 in the village Kreschtschenowka of the Kherson Oblast, currently Ukraine) is a Russian journalist and publisher of an environmental magazine. Life Pasko was born in a family of a teacher. , who was accused of high treason in relation to his investigation of nuclear safety issues in the Russian Pacific Fleet. [For more information on the Nikitin and Pasko cases, see "The Whistle-Blowers," p. A169.] Visitors can click on Environmental Facts and Info under the main menu for fact sheets on radioactivity, the nuclear industry, biodiversity, and chemical compounds. The foundation's working papers working papers pl.n. Legal documents certifying the right to employment of a minor or alien. Noun 1. working papers are also available here for download, including titles such as Comments on a Trading System for Greenhouse Gases, Securing Radioactive Waste in Murmansk and Archangelsk Counties, and Reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
Back on the home page, the Recommended Sections link leads to archives of stories on other topics of interest, including the sinking of the Kursk in August 2000 and the Bellona report Green Heat and Power: Eco-Effective Energy Solutions in the 21st Century, an overview of alternative energy policies and strategies being used in Norway. |
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