‘The international community must boycott the Russian nuclear industry’
“The Russian nuclear company Rosatom is not just another energy company. It is a state within the state, and a political instrument for the Kremlin. ...
News
Sunken nuclear submarine refloated
Publish date: October 30, 1997
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
Shortcuts on this page
News
Sunken nuclear submarine refloated
The Pacific fleet has retrieved the dicommissioned nuclear submarine which sank outside Petropavlovsk on May 29 this year.
The decommisioned nuclear submarine of Charlie-I class sank at its berth after being hit by another boat. Despite the accident, background radiation levels emitted by the vessel remained normal, Interfax reported.
–After raising the submarine from the sea floor it was towed to a new pier, said local flotilla commander Rear Admiral Alexandr Nescheret. Some 50 ageing nuclear submarines are laid up awaiting decommisioning at the naval bases and shipyards of the Russian Pacific fleet.
More News
All news
What Rosatom’s third year at war tells us
This op-ed originally appeared in The Moscow Times. If Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, is to be believed, 2024 was a banner year.&nbs...
Norway opens new Arctic oil fields – named after sea ice phenomenon that the very same oil will contribute to melting
Earlier this month, Norwegian state-owned petroleum company Equinor (with partners Vår Energi and Petoro) started production at a new Arctic site, wi...
Russia’s Chernobyl-style reactors to keep operating until the end of the decade
Recent announcements by Russian nuclear officials that they will extend the runtimes of several Chernobyl-style RBMK nuclear reactors shed light on t...