Posted on 08/04/2020 6:46:29 AM PDT by texas booster
These objects are not environmentally safe, a representative of Rosatom made clear as he this week presented a clean-up plan for the north Russian waters.
In the period between the late 1960s to the late 1980s, about 18 thousand radioactive objects were dumped to sea in the remote northern waters. Most of them represent little environmental risk. But some are increasingly seen as a hazard to Arctic ecosystems.
Rosatom over the next eight years intend to lift from the bottom of Russian Arctic waters the six objects that are most dangerous with regard to radioactive pollution, the company spokesperson told news agency TASS.
On the list of objects are the reactors from submarines K-11, K-19 and K-140, as well as spent nuclear fuel from the reactor that served icebreaker Lenin.
In addition, two entire submarines will be lifted, the K-27 from the Kara Sea and K-159 from the Barents Sea. While the former was deliberately dumped by Soviet authorities in 1982, the latter sunk during a towing operation in 2003.
The K-27 is located on 33 meter depths east of archipelago Novaya Zemlya. It has by experts been described as a possible radioactive time-bomb. The K-159 is located on 200 meter depths off the coast of the Kola Peninsula.
The six objects represent more than 90 percent of the radioactivity sources dumped to sea, Rosatom explains.
The remaining dumped objects are considered of little danger.
According to studies, about 95 percent of the 18,000 dumped objects have by natural ways come into a safe condition, they have been covered by mud and the level of gamma rays in their surroundings is in line with the natural level, the representative of the company says.
(Excerpt) Read more at thebarentsobserver.com ...
Hardly, Russias increasingly cash-strapped treasury will not have 278 millions for the cleanup.
Previously, a number of countries have granted billions to Post-Soviet Russian efforts to cope with nuclear wastes.
Alone Norway has since the mid-90s granted about 1,5 billion kroner (140 million) for nuclear safety project in the Russian part of the Barents region.
Just a hunch ... it is cold and stormy in the Arctic, and one doesn't offend ones’ paymasters in life.
18,000 dumped nuclear objects!
Never forget:
* Communists love the environment and always protect the earth.
* Capitalist pigs HATE the earth and will always rape and despoil it for profit while killing their laborers.
Can someone recommend a good book on an overview of the Russian nuclear sub program and mishaps?
I also like:
He writes on naval craft for Forbes and other pubs.
November class. Being billeted on one of those was like a slow death sentence. In order to achieve speed, reactor shielding was sacrificed to save weight. The crew gets fried.
Add to that these were very noisy.
If you’ve ever watched the HBO Series, Chernobyl, you can see how lightly the Soviets took the threat of any type of radiation. And the aftermath was a mess as well, just as the Arctic sea floor...I do wish them luck with the cleanup and hope it can be done safely.
Thx for the post. I did not know about this.
Lead-lined jocks for the crew...
That was a landmark TV program. You can see the BOTH parties in this country going down the EXACT SAME ROAD as the Soviets did that made Chernobyl a fait accompli.
You lie enough, you become a slave to the lie. It was lying that brought the Soviet Union down. The inability to face truth and deal with it on its face did them in.
Even in cleaning up Chernobyl, the Soviet people proved beyond any future doubt that they did whatever they were asked to overcome Chernobyl. Thousands and thousands died doing it.
Incredible bravery, even in the face of monumental arrogance and stupidity.
The second I saw my kids watching that liberal crap on TV I banned it from our home. Yeah Russians environmental saviors and American capitalist pigs environmental destroyers.
#3 This photo is of the sub in new condition. : )
the Russian nuclear sub program and mishaps?
The K-19
I accompanied him [the first volunteer] to the reactor room door to his death. And I said, Well, Boris, do you know where youre going?
And he said, I know, comrade captain.
Five minutes later, Korchilov stumbled out of the reactor room, tore off his gas mask and vomited.
This link is a short quick read.
Much has been written on the K-19, also some good documentaries.
And yes, the great and glorious USSR truly wasted the lives of some of its finest.
The men of the K-19 were nominated for a noble peace prize...zip.
But some zero from nowhere, that did nothing???
Yeah, for a country with such superb mathematicians and metal workers, even their military stuff decays too fast.
Trouble is the metal workers are fueled with vodka.
They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work.
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