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16 Nov 2020

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Czechia)

Russia: Environmental watchdog links Norilsk Nickel diesel spill to poor construction

Russian government body links Norilsk Arctic fuel spill to shoddy construction, not permafrost melt, 11 November 2020

A spill that dumped thousands of tons of diesel fuel into the Russian Arctic earlier this year was caused by violations during construction and operation of a storage tank, not permafrost melt, according to a preliminary investigation.

More than 21,000 tons of diesel leaked into the environment from a tank at the power plant near the industrial city of Norilsk in May, causing one of the world’s worst Arctic ecological disasters...

Russia's nuclear and environmental watchdog Rostechnadzor said in a statement on November 10 that the disaster was caused by “interrelated technical and organizational violations committed both at the stage of tank construction and during its operation.”

...The owner of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, is Russia’s richest man. He previously linked the accident to melting of permafrost.

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