Russian Navy

This section deals with all aspects of Russia’s nuclear navy, from its Northern Nuclear Submarine Fleet to its Pacific Fleet, its practices of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste storage, accidents aboard its vessels and submarine decommissioning.

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July 1, 2010 Nuclear Russia, Russian Navy

The new bill on radioactive waste management in Russia: An analysis

Bellona presents an analysis of the draft law “On Management of Radioactive Waste,” currently under consideration in the Russian legislature.…

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April 27, 2010 Russian Navy

Bellona meets Medvedev on state visit to Oslo to pressure environmental recovery in Murmansk

On a state visit Monday to Oslo coinciding with the anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe on April 26, 1986, Russian…

March 9, 2010 Russian Navy

Launch of new Russia sub class to put more nuclear missiles at sea

Russia’s first Borey class ballistic missile nuclear submarine – and its first strategic submarine since 1992 – the Yury Dolgoruky,…

January 11, 2010 Russian Navy

Russia’s Nerpa sub to undergo ‘fine tuning’ next month

Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February,…

September 29, 2009 Russian Navy

Russia says it will dismantle 191 derelict subs by 2010

ST PETERSBURG - Russia’s state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom will dismantle 191 out of 198 decommissioned nuclear submarines by 2010,…