Andreyeva Bay

Part of: Northern Fleet bases and shipyards , Northern Fleet radwaste and spent nuclear fuel

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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).

ARTICLES
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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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[ 31.10.2008 ]
Bellona holds round table discussion on radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel storage in Russia
ST. PETERSBURG – Russia has accumulated an enormous amount of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel and this problem must be realized on a government level, said participants in a Bellona seminar dedicated to the subject, which took place on Thursday and Friday.
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NEWS
[ 21.02.2008 ]
Norway puts up $24 million to help Andreyeva Bay clean up

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.

[ 16.02.2006 ]
Norway to allocate 110m crowns for Russian radiation security

The Norwegian government plans to allocate 110 million Norwegian crowns ($16m) for the implementation of nuclear and radiation security programs in Russia in 2006.

[ 09.02.2006 ]
First contracts on Gremikha navy base rehabilitation signed with EBRD

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
[ 01.06.2001 Arctic ] The Arctic Nuclear Challenge
The third Bellona report on the Northwest Russian nuclear crisis suggests solutions as well as giving further details on the current situation. Several projects are proposed, in order to solve the problems of further radioactive contamination and the ensuing adverse health effects to the people living in the Arctic areas.
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