Monitoring teams report elevated radiation levels in surrounding waters near the wreck site.
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Continued monitoring of sunken Soviet submarine shows ongoing radioactive leakage, but little impact
In 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, along with its ...
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Study finds sunken Soviet nuclear sub leaking radiation into seawater
The Soviet nuclear submarine Komsomolets, which sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989 after a fire killed 42 crew members, ...
Researchers detected a visible plume of radioactive material escaping from a ventilation pipe near the reactor compartment.
While the nuclear-powered attack sub’s reactor appears to be ‘corroded,’ years of collaboration with Russian authorities has ...
The Soviet Komsomolets submarine, sunk in 1989, continues to leak radioactive materials into the Norwegian Sea from its ...
Throughout the Cold War, military planners on both sides of the Iron Curtain built weapons designed to deter the unthinkable. Yet several of those systems came dangerously close to coming active and ...
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