Andreyeva Bay
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The total radioactivity of the spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in storage at Andreyeva Bay—former naval storage facility for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste located on the Kola Peninsula, North-Western Russia—reaches approximately 1018 Becquerel, or some 27 million Curies. To put this figure in perspective, the overall radioactivity of the release of radioactive substances during the Chernobyl accident was around 50 million curies. Because of leaks in the Andreyeva Bay site’s buildings and facilities, the environment is subject to radioactive contamination through the migration of radioactive substances into groundwater and the surrounding atmosphere. Among the most contaminated sites at the base are the former SNF storage facility (Building 5), the dry storage tanks (Tanks 2A, 2B and 3A) and the territory around them, the solid radioactive waste storage facility (Building 7 and its facilities 7A, 7B, 7D, and 7F), and the liquid radioactive waste storage facility (Building 6).
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Norway is to provide $2.4 million (58 million roubles) for the overhaul of the notorious Andreyeva Bay nuclear waste storage facility in northern Russia, a spokesman for the Murmansk Region governor said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported.
The Norwegian government plans to allocate 110 million Norwegian crowns ($16m) for the implementation of nuclear and radiation security programs in Russia in 2006.
The projects will be carried out in the frames of grant agreement with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Interfax reported.
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Reports
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- Andreeva Bay: Recommendations
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Activities
- Andreyeva Bay – Time to avert a catastrophe