No. 193: Nuclear Issues

Author(s): Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Olga Kosharnaya
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 193
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2016

This edition considers nuclear energy and Russian foreign policy. Firstly, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen examines the public debate in Finland about Rosatom building the Fennovoima nuclear power plant, noting that it is worrying that many Finnish political and economic actors insist this deal has nothing to do with foreign and security policy. Secondly, Olga Kosharnaya details the impact of the Ukraine crisis on cooperation between Russia and Ukraine on nuclear energy, outlining that it has significantly accelerated efforts by Kiev to lessen dependence on Russian companies, with cooperation on nuclear fuel the only area likely to continue in the near future.

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