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[ 30.04.2013 ]
Andreyeva Bay and Lepse nuclear service ship remain major nuclear dangers to Northwest Russia
MOSCOW – The two most dangerous nuclear and radiation hazard elimination projects in Northwest Russia – the dismantlement of the Lepse nuclear waste storage ship, and remediation of the former nuclear submarine spent fuel depository Andreyeva Bay – have stalled on the shoals of financial, logistical and safety concerns.
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Source: The Kurchatov Institute

[ 29.04.2013 ]
Mapping and accounting for sunken radiological hazards in Arctic devils Russian authorities
MOSCOW – Vast amounts of large and small nuclear debris have been dumped or sunk in Arctic oceans, including nuclear submarines, which are the most dangerous constituents of the underwater radiological graveyard. Various of the scrap deposits have been identified, but authorities complain that there is a lack of financing and chain of ownership to remove it
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Photo: Thomas Nilsen, courtesy of the Barents Observer

[ 14.02.2013 ]
Italian nuclear waste transport ship still awaiting work in Northwest Russia
Two years after the € 70 million Italian-built spent nuclear fuel transport ship Rossita was launched as part of Italy’s international efforts to aid Russian nuclear remediation, the vessel has languished with absolutely no work commissions, and is currently in dry-dock for scheduled repairs.
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[ 30.09.2009 ]
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.

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[ 12.08.2009 ]
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.

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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.

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