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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...

At Least Two Killed As Russian Sub Sinks 13 minutes ago By DEBORAH SEWARD, Associated Press WriterMOSCOW - A Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the Barents Sea on Saturday morning as it was being towed to a scrapyard, killing at least two of the 10 sailors on board, the Defense Ministry said. AP Photo   The two nuclear reactors of the 40-year-old K-159 was shut down at the time of the sinking at about 4 a.m. about 3 1/2 miles northwest of Kildin Island, the ministry said. No weapons were aboard. Rescue ships of the Northern Fleet reached the...

This eerie wreck image is not computer generated. It's the sonar image of Russian nuclear submarine B-159 (called K-159 before decommissioning), which has been lying 248m down in the Barents Sea, between Norway and Russia, since 2003. The Russian Federation hired Adus, a Scottish company that specialises in high-resolution sonar surveying, to evaluate if it would be possible to recover the wreck. "The operation was complicated as the submarine was very deep, so we had to use the sonar equipment mounted on a remotely operated vehicle, (below)" says Martin Dean, the managing director of Adus and a forensic-wreck archaeologist. "We...

CORRECTION: Russian navy officials charged after sub sinks SEVEROMORSK, Russia, and MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) - Navy officials were charged with violation of navigation rules after a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the Barents Sea on Saturday as it was being towed to a scrapyard. The charges were issued by Chief Military Prosecutor Alexander Savenkov. "The chief military prosecutor named Capt. 2nd Class Sergei Zhemchuzhnov, deputy commander of the submarine division, as a person whose actions directly constitute a malfeasance in office," sources in the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office told Interfax. "It is already obvious that the Northern Fleet...

A Russian submarine sinks at sea of Barents: 1 survivor (Navy) A Russian submarine with twelve men of crew on his board sunk at sea of Barents and only one marine could be helped, announced Saturday morning the Interfax agency quoting a Russian naval officer. "The operation of help started in the zone where the submarine sunk. A sailor has until now helped summer ", declared this officer of the fleet of the nord.La sea of Barents is located in the Arctic Ocean, in the north of the Scandinavian peninsula and Western Russia.