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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[ 18.03.2009 ]
Alexander Nikitin: ‘Our our main goal was liquidating nuclear waste dumps in Northern Russia’
ST. PETERSBURG – Fifteen years ago, in March of 1994, a report was published which, in essence, saved the Arctic region from a nuclear catastrophe. The report by the then little-known Bellona Foundation uncovered the secrets that were for decades hidden by Soviet authorities, and later, the Russian military.
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[ 12.01.2009 ]
Russia spurs ahead environmental overhaul of decrepit Northern Fleet bases
MURMANSK - Preparations are now in full swing at the former naval base Gremikha in Russia’s Murmansk Region to start evacuating first containers with spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from first-generation submarines to a reprocessing destination at the Ural-based chemical combine Mayak – a major indication that Russia is finally owning up to the pressing problem of environmental rehabilitation of the areas it has used for decades to store nuclear waste from its naval fleet.
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[ 03.11.2008 ]
Second day of Bellona roundtable on radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel zeros in on Andreyeva Bay
ST. PETERSBURG - A number of European organizations and countries will be participating in the safe activation of spent nuclear fuel stores at Russia’s former naval base of Andreyeva bay – a notorious facility that was meant to store the fuel on a temporary basis that by now has become decades.
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[ 30.03.2009 ]
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.

[ 22.10.2008 ]
Russian nuclear oversight body to check federal regulations compliance at several nuke facilities

ST. PETERSBURG - Russia’s Federal Service for Environment, Technology and Nuclear Oversight (Rostekhnadzor) chief Nikolai Kutin confirmed a series of planned inspections to check observance of regulations governing spent nuclear fuel shipping at the Kola Peninsula Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and the physical safety of nuclear material at the Smolenk NPP and the Mayak Chemical, the service’s press service said.

[ 17.10.2008 ]
New AMEC pontoons to make towing decommissioned subs safer in Northwest Russia

ST. PETERSBURG – Northwest Russia’s Nerpa Shipbuilding and Repair yard has successfully completed state tests of pontoons that will be used in helping to safely transport decommissioned nuclear submarines to dismantlement.

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