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Publish date: May 7, 2003
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The submarine of 667b project was built at Sevmash in Severodvinsk in 1973. During 20 years of service for the Soviet Navy, it had gone overseas more than 20 times. In 1980, K-385 was the first submarine of the 667b project repaired at Zvezdochka. The submarine was taken out of service in November 1994. After missile compartments were cut off, K-385 was moored in Severodvinsk. Decommissioning began at Zvezochka in 1997. Now, as the decommissioning finished, the crew of K-385 handed to the museum at Zvezdochka an emergency signal buoy of the submarine.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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.