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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Last Cold War Russian Nuclear Sub Scrap Contract

Dismantling a submarineRussia contracts with Italy for decommissioning the last remaining Northern Fleet nuclear submarine no longer in operation

But 'Barents Observer' notes there are still more than 70 reactor compartments to be taken safely onshore from storage in Saida Bay, west of Murmansk near the border with Norway.

Rosatom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation has for years been looking for a funder to cover the costs of scrapping the last of the 120 retired nuclear powered submarines that sailed in the Northern fleet during the Cold War.

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