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