Nuclear Safety

Foreign Ministry, regional politicians and environmentalists on the Norwegian side of the border are worried by the prolonged operation of oldest Kola NPP reactors.

Two oldest reactors at Kola nuclear power plant will be replaced in 2025 and 2030 by two new, three times more powerful reactors.

A Russian audit report reveals irregularities for €2 million of the grants given by Norway to Murmansk Oblast for removal of nuclear lighthouses. The report was totally unknown to Norwegian authorities before being informed by BarentsObserver.

A unique underwater film shows cod swimming around of the severely damaged K-159 submarine that sank in the Barents Sea ten years ago.

The scrap-heaps of solid radioactive waste on Russia’s Kola Peninsula will soon be eliminated as the top-modern facility for conditioning and long-term storage is built in the Saida Bay.

Media reports claim navy refuses to accept Russia’s brand new “Severodvinsk” multi-purpose submarine, while United Shipbuilding Corporation says testing will be completed and the sub delivered by year-end.

The two reactors for Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant to be used in the Arctic are now installed.

K-159, the rust bucket of a nuclear powered submarine that sank off the coast of Russia’s Kola Peninsula on August 30, 2003, remains on the seabed in one of the best fishing areas for cod.

Lethal radioactive Strontium-90 source used to power lighthouse likely washed out in the sea north of the Taimyr Peninsula.