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Publish date: April 21, 2004
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The specialists of the design bureau Malakhit presented their salvage project to the navy in the end of last year. However, some details of the operation have to be clarified beforehand during the subs hull examination. The salvage operation will be first tested at the site of the St Petersburg Central Science Research Institute. The specialists of the Severodvinsk State Centre for Atomic Shipbuilding and the Belomorsk navy base can be engaged in the operation, Severnaya nedelya reports.
An accident aboard numerous Volgoneft oil tankers in the Kerch in mid December clearly show what can happen to aged ships when they are operated in bad weather—and when economic and military objectives are prioritized over the lives of crews and environmental safety.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.