LITHUANIA: IGNALINA NPP: IMITATED ACCIDENT WAS STAGED
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RUSSIA: ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL UNION, together
with Chelyabinsk Movement for Nuclear Safety, sent out the appeal to Russian Parliament
(DUMA) asking to delete "nuclear" chapters in 1997 budget of Russia. Currently,
the Duma is reviewing the budget, proposed by the government. In October the budget was
presented to the Duma but wasn't accepted by. The budget was passed for the
"reviewing". Environmental groups in ex-USSR are sending faxes to support SEU
appeal since October. The 1997' budget of Russia, proposed by the government, includes
financial support for the construction of at least two nuclear power plants - South-Ural
fast breeder plant in Siberia, near Chelyabinsk, and Mochovce NPP in Slovakia where
russian nuclear industry getting the contract for the completion of the first unit. It was
planned that the budget will be presented to the Duma in late-October and mid-November but
two times already the budget's presentation was delayed.
RUSSIA: THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WANTS TO COMPLETE 3th UNIT AT
KALININ NPP, - The European Commission has given a grant (through the 1996 Tacis
programme) to undertaken activities in relation to the Euratom Loan application for the
modernisation, completion of construction and commissioning of the Kalinin nuclear power
plant unit 3. Russian partner organisation will be Rosenergoatom. As Kalinin-3 is
currently 60 % complete, the proposed project presents an opportunity to retrofit the
existing design to meet internationally recognised safety standards as applied to western
plants of the same generation. This project may be divided into smaller sub-projects which
may then be concluded by Direct Agreement. Budget of the project is ECU 250,000. Studies
should be completed in 1997, so that a loan decision could be taken by the Commission in
the same year.
RUSSIA: RADON PROCESSING PLANT, LENINGRAD OBLAST -- THE SPECIAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING PLANT RADON has halted its main processing operations for the
first time in 35 years. The total number of companies and institutes which send wastes to
the plant at their own cost has fallen from 220 ten years ago to 150 today. It is reported
that many companies prefer to keep their wastes at their own location because of the high
cost of processing today. A shortage of the fuel used for incineration has resulted in the
plant stoppage. The plant is partly financed by the program TACIS. The program has
designated 600,000 ECU for the establishment of a regional center for processing
radioactive wastes.
RUSSIA: LENINGRAD ATOMIC STATION, SOSNOVY BOR -- AN EMERGENCY
STOPPAGE OF ONE OF THE STATION'S TURBOGENERATORS took place during the night of October 26
after a short circuit occurred in a turbogenerator at the station. Two turbogenerators had
been in operation at the station and power production was immediately reduced by 50
percent. The short circuit problem was repaired by the evening of the same day and the
power of the reactor increased to its previous level. The station's information service
informed the press of the short circuit on the morning of October 26 and throughout the
course of that day.
RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG -- DEMONSTRATORS PLANNING TO PICKET THE
FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY BUILDING in the city in protest against Alexander Nikitin's
incarceration on charges of treason against Russia were arrested in front of the building
before their action began. Fifteen minutes before their planned action, increased numbers
on police in the area demanded that those gathering to picket to remove themselves
immediately from the area. After the demonstrators refused to disperse, they were
arrested. Representatives from the St. Petersburg organizations "Civil Control"
and "Democratic Choice of Russia" were among those held by the police. The
would-be picketers were released the same evening.
RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG -- A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON ALEXANDER NIKITIN stated that his continued arrest on
charges of treason for revealing environmental information about the activity of the
Northern Navy by the Russian Federal Security Agency could have direct economic
repercussions for Russia. Elizabeth Shretder explained that the European Parliament would
be presented with the details of Nikitin's arrest and accusation at the same time that it
would vote on the issue of further economic support for the Russian Federation.
LITHUANIA: IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, LITHUANIA -- AN IMITATED
ACCIDENT WAS STAGED recently at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant by local government
officials. The exercises were aimed at teaching how to coordinate local actions in
providing assistance in case of an emergency at Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. The training
of imitated accident evacuation was carried out in Utena, Zarasai, and Ignalina districts,
and the town of Visaginas, under three scenarios. In addition to civil safety department
specialists, exercise participants included members of Utena extreme situations
commissions, emergency groups from many ministries, and anti-fire department officials. It
is the fourth year such exercises have been held in Lithuania. The exercises are aimed at
implementing new regulations and requirements in the local community safety plan.
Sources: own, Greenpeace Int'l, TEN
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