
‘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. ...
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Publish date: October 27, 2003
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However, Dutch Mamout alone received $64m for raising Kursk nuclear submarine, which rested 100m deep, while the rusty K-159 is buried at 240m depth. Additional resources have to be found for the next year salvage operation. Earlier Russian Navy Commander Kuroyedov promised to raise the submarine by Autumn 2004. The salvage operation is preliminary scheduled for August-September 2004. The Russian Shipbuilding Ministry, the Nuclear Ministry, and the Ministry of Defence signed am agreement about planning operation on K-159 raising. The Malakhit design bureau was assigned responsible. The project of the salvage operation should be approved in the first quarter of 2004, Kuroyedov said at a press conference in Moscow. Recently he signed a decree about launching expedition to the place of K-159 catastrophe.
“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. ...
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