Norway out millions in Russian nuclear waste plant bust

Norwegian authorities believed a plant that would process spent nuclear waste in Murmansk on Russia’s Kola peninsula was up and running — but it turns out they were sorely misled.

Norway had contributed about $8 million toward the project.

When a Norwegian delegation visited the plant at the end of May, they were told they could not enter the plant, the Russian newspaper New Izvestia said. Officials told the Norwegians that radioactive waste was being processed at the time, but apparently the plant isn’t even operative.

Norway has tried to find out how its money has been spent, without much result.