MIL-OSI Russia: Vitaly Savelyev held a weekly meeting of the Government Commission for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait

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Vitaly Savelyev held a weekly meeting of the Government Commission for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait

A meeting of the government commission to coordinate work to eliminate the consequences of the emergency caused by the sinking of tankers in the Kerch Strait in December 2024 was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev.

Work continues to remove the stern section of the Volgoneft-239 tanker. In total, more than 240 tons of metal structures have been removed for disposal, which is almost 35% of the total volume. The work is scheduled to be completed by March 31 of this year.

357 km of coastline have been cleared, more than 186 thousand tons of contaminated sand and soil have been collected. About 144 thousand tons have been removed to temporary storage sites, and more than 48 thousand tons have been removed for disposal to specialized organizations.

The data from air, drinking water, and bioresources samples taken by Rospotrebnadzor laboratories remain normal.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education is actively working to collect and analyze promising scientific and technological solutions for eliminating the consequences of an emergency. A special interdepartmental working group has been formed to analyze the existing scientific and scientific and technical potential, which includes leading scientists, representatives of business and interested government institutions and departments. The group has organized the collection and analysis of technological proposals for eliminating the consequences of an emergency on land and in water areas, which, if assessed positively, are tested in Krasnodar Krai.

A total of 223 proposals were submitted to the group for consideration. A positive conclusion was received for 115 submitted technologies and technical solutions from 71 organizations, including 84 projects (57 organizations declared their readiness to test the submitted technologies in the emergency zone). Of the 115 submitted technologies, 36 solutions are in industrial and pilot-industrial readiness: 23 proposals for the elimination of emergency consequences on land, 13 proposals for the elimination of emergency consequences in the marine area.

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