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Friday, February 18, 2011

Are the dumped nuclear reactors leaking?

Dumped submarineNorway, Russia send joint expedition to the dump sites for submarine reactors in the Kara Sea this summer. Will it be safe to lift the old reactors and bring them safely onshore?

A total of 16 naval reactors were dumped east of Novaya Zemlya during the Soviet period.

Reactors were dumped because accidents with them caused high levels of radiation. Naval yards in Severodvinsk and along the coast of the Kola Peninsula wouldn’t dare to keep them stored near populated areas, nor less to decommission them in a proper way.

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