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Introduction
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The Northern Fleet
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1.1 History
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1.2 Organisation and responsibilities
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1.3 The Northern Fleet today
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1.4 The future of the Northern Fleet
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Nuclear-powered vessels
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2.1 Construction of nuclear powered submarines and
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2.2 Technological development of nuclear-powered v
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2.3 Development of naval reactors
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2.4 Radiation risks in naval reactors
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Classification of nuclear powered naval vessels
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Project 627, 627 A (Kit) - November class
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Project 658, 658 M - Hotel
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Project 659, 659 T Echo-I Class
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Project 675, 675 M, 675 MKV - Echo-II
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Project 667 A (Nalim, Navaga) - Yankee Class
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Project 667 B (Murena) - Delta-I
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Project 667 BD (Murena M) - Delta-II
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Project 667 BDR (Kalmar) - Delta-III
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Project 667 BDRM (Delfin) - Delta- IV
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Project 670 A (Skat) - Charlie-I
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Project 670 M (Skat M) - Charlie-II
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Project 671, 671 V, 671 K (Yersy) - Victor-I Class
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Project 671 RT Victor-II Class
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Project 671 RTM (Shuka) - Victor-III Class
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Project 941 (Akula) - Typhoon
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Project 949 (Granit) - Oscar-I
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Project 949 A (Antey) - Oscar-II
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Project 945, 945 A, 945 B (Mars) - Sierra
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Project 971 (Sjuka-B) - Akula
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Project 885 - Severodvinsk
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Project 645 November-ZhMT
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Project 705, 705 K (Lira) - Alfa Class
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Project 661 (Anchar) - Papa Class
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Project 685 (Plavnik) - Mike Class
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Project 1851 - X-ray
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Project 1910 - Uniform
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Project 10831
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Project 1144 (Orlan) - Kirov
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Project 1941 (Titan) - Kapusta Class
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Service ships and special tankers
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3.1 Service ships for liquid radioactive waste
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3.2 Service ships for spent nuclear fuel
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Radioactive waste at the naval bases
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4.1 The development of naval bases
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4.2 Generation of radioactive waste and spent nucl
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4.3 Zapadnaya Litsa
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4.4 Vidyaevo
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4.5 Sayda Bay
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4.6 Gadzhievo
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4.7 Severomorsk
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4.8 Gremikha
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Naval yards
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5.1 Economy and organisation
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5.2 Navy yard no. 10 - Shkval
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5.3 Navy yard no. 82 - Safonovo
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5.4 Naval yard No. 35 - Sevmorput
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5.5 Naval yard No. 85 - Nerpa
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5.6 The Severodvinsk naval yards
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Decommissioning of nuclear submarines
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6.1 Laid up nuclear submarines
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6.2 Safe storage of nuclear submarines
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6.3 Dismantling of submarines
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6.4 Parties to the work of dismantling submarines
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6.5 Stages in decommissioning
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6.6 Radio ecological problems of dismantling
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Handling of spent fuel assemblies
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7.1 Organisation and Responsibility
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7.2 Russian Submarine Fuel
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7.3 Transport containers
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7.4 Transport Routes
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7.5 Financial aspects
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Nuclear submarine accidents
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8.1 Sunken nuclear submarines
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8.2 Nuclear accidents
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8.3 Fires resulting in loss of life
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8.4 Causes of Accident
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Appendix
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References
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The Russian Northern Fleet - Short Version
Project 659, 659 T Echo-I Class
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| | Northern Fleet | Pacific Fleet | Total |
| In service | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inactive | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Dismantled | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number | | | 5 |
Technical Data
| Length: | 111.2 m | Displacement: | 3.731/4.920 tons |
| Beam: | 9.2 m | Maximum Depth: | 300 m |
| Draught: | 7.6 m | Hull: | Low magnetic steel |
| Speed: | 29 knots | Crew: | 120 |
Compartments: 9
Reactor
Two pressurised water reactors, Model VM-A with a maximum power of 30 000 hp
Naval Architects:
P.P. Pustinsev and N.A. Klimov.
Construction Yard
Komsomolsk-na-Amur.
Individual submarines
Pacific Fleet:
K-45. Laid down on December 28, 1957; vessel was launched on May 12, 1959 and commissioned by the Navy on September 18, 1960. In 1961 it was transferred as the first nuclear powered submarine of the Pacific Fleet under the command of Captain V.G. Delashev.[
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K-59. Commissioned on December 10, 1961.
K-66. Commissioned on December 10, 1961. The submarine was taken out of service following an accident in 1980.
K-122. Commissioned on April 13, 1962. Inoperational following a fire on August 21, 1983.
K-259. Commissioned in December 1962.
Footnotes [
200] Krasnaya Zvezda, January 28, 1995.
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