The Russian Northern Fleet

Part of: Russian Navy

Vincent Basler

The Russian Northern Fleet is one of the biggest source of possible radioactive contamination in Russia. It encompasses five based near Arkangelsk and Murmansk. Of the some 116 vessels that have been decommissioned from the Northern fleet, 36 await dismantlement with their spent nuclear fuel (SNF) still on board. The Northern Fleet has received much more attention from donor nations so has a sounder infrastructure than the Pacific Fleet. But other problems, like temporary waste storage shortages continue to plague it.

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[ 27.01.2012 ]
Russia’s flagship nuclear icebreaker to cross northern seas, worrying neighboring states
MURMANSK – Russia’s 50 Let Pobedy (Fifty Years of Victory), the flagship of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet, departs on January 27 from its port of registration, Murmansk, setting out on a voyage to the Baltic Sea, where it is expected to convoy capsize bulk carriers calling into ports of the Gulf of Finland – a prospect that has Russia’s northern neighbors concerned over the risks of a nuclear vessel passing along their coastlines.
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[ 04.01.2012 ]
Photos shed light on cause of fire aboard Russian nuclear submarine; questions of whether missiles onboard remain
Photographs posted by a blogger of the Russian nuclear submarine that caught fire last week while in dry dock have shed more light on what possibly caused the intense 20-hour blaze and demystify some of the initial speculation surrounding the breath of the fire and its implications.
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Aleksandr Raube

[ 04.03.2011 ]
New Italian nuclear waste ship expected in Murmansk as hopes for nuclear icebreaker fleet melt
MURMANSK – Northwestern Russia is awaiting the arrival of the Rossita, a €70 million Italian designed ship designed to transport all manner of containers of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste which was built by Fincantieri and
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[ 29.09.2009 ]
Russia says it will dismantle 191 derelict subs by 2010

ST PETERSBURG - Russia’s state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom will dismantle 191 out of 198 decommissioned nuclear submarines by 2010, a A Rosatom report said Tuesday, according to RIA Novosti.

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[ 11.08.2009 ]
Ships and subs from Russia’s Nothern Naval Fleet join in search for hijacked vessel

Russia's navy has been deployed to find a ship reportedly hijacked three weeks ago in the Baltic Sea, the BBC reported.

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[ 29.03.2009 ]
Russia to build six subs with long-range missiles

Russia will build at least six nuclear-powered submarines with long-range cruise missiles for its navy, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency.

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