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International cooperation

Hardly, Russia’s 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.

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The reactors, the submarine K-27 and about 17,000 containers with radioactive waste were dumped on the east side of Novaya Zemlya. Map: Barents Observer

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Submarine "K-159" fastened to the pontoons supposed to keep it floating during towing on August 28, 2003. The same night, it sunk in the Barents Sea. It is now one of the objects that are to be lifted. Photo: Courtesy of Bellona Foundation

[ProtectOurFreedom]

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.

[headstamp 2]

Can someone recommend a good book on an overview of the Russian nuclear sub program and mishaps?

[donozark]

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.

[sauropod]

Thx for the post. I did not know about this.

[Mastador1]

Quick someone call Captain Planet, that Russian hero and shepherd of the environment!

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.

[Seruzawa]

They better before it's too late:

[SuperLuminal]

Hmmm... No mention of K-9...
Last I heard, it had been refurbished and, unshielded, given to a woman named Sarah somewhere in England...