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Friday, October 12, 2012

Russia Plans to Raise Two Nuclear Submarine Reactors from Sea Floor

From Nuclear Diner:

Russia Plans to Raise Two Nuclear Submarine Reactors from Sea Floor

http://www.nucleardiner.com/archive/item/russia-plans-to-raise-two-nuclear-submarine-s-reactors-from-sea-floor

The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to raise and scrap two sunken nuclear submarines in the northern Barents and Kara seas. Susan Voss considers the reactors in those submarines and the hazards they may or may not pose. She also looks at Project Azorian, a 1968 CIA attempt to raise a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine.

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