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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Bellona Murmansk

[ 17.11.2009 ]
Bellona presents two new documents at radiation safety forum in Northwest Russia
MURMANSK – Bellona presented two documents dealing with radiation safety in Northwest Russia on the eve of a dialogue forum between Bellona and Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, and which question a state fund for radiation safety and the situation at the notorious Northern Fleet nuclear waste dump at Andreyeva Bay.
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[ 05.10.2009 ]
Long delayed Yury Dolgoruky Russian nuke sub beging final sea trials
The strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky, built by the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, has completed a series of tests at sea, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported, saying it will be the first nuclear submarine to be launched by Russia in 17 years.
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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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NEWS
[ 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.

[ 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.

[ 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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