Russia says 'years' needed to clean up Arctic spillFloating dams have been deployed to try to limit the spread of the fuelNORILSK INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (RUSSIA) - Russian investigators on Wednesday detained three staff of a power plant over a huge fuel spill in the Arctic, as response teams warned a full clean-up would take years. "The company considers this measure to be unjustifiably harsh," Norilsk Nickel said in a statement to AFP, citing vice-president Nikolai Utkin. "If a bird lands on the diesel fuel or a muskrat swims through it, it is condemned to death," he said. "We will be removing diesel fuel from the Ambarnaya River for at least eight to 10 days," Bronnikov said. Norilsk Nickel said that the fuel reservoir was built in 1985 and underwent repairs in 2017 and 2018 after which it went through a safety audit.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2020 19:18 UTC