Giant radioactive waste complex taking shape

A huge building containing equipment for dealing the whole cycle of radioactive waste management is taking shape on the coast to the Barents Sea. Roofing and façade are finished now in October and remaining inner engineering systems are being installed.

The complex in the Saida Bay will deal with all kinds of radioactive scrap from the huge reactor compartments of decommissioned nuclear submarines to contaminated metal parts from both the navy and Russia’s fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers.

Last week, experts and representatives of international donor countries were shown around in the multi-billion complex together with officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Most of the complex, including high-tech equipment is paid by foreign donors as a part of the global program to secure nuclear material after the Cold War.

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