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Nuclear waste cargo sailing the Barents Sea –

Nuclear waste cargo sailing the Barents Sea barents Observer 19 June 09

40 year old rusty spent nuclear fuel containers from Russia’s abounded submarine base Gremikha were shipped to Murmansk this week.

The voyage from Gremikha to Murmansk normally takes one day. This is the same route as the Russian retired submarine K-159 took when it sank northeast of the inlet to the Kola Bay in August 2003. The vessel which is sailing with the highly radioactive spent fuel this week is the 35 year old Serebryanka.

The rusty spent nuclear fuel containers have been stored outdoor at Gremikha for 40 years, posing a grave radiation threat. They contain uranium fuel from some of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear powered submarines, which at that time were based at Gremikha. The submarines reloaded their deadly radioactive spent fuel to the onshore open-air storage site.

Nuclear waste cargo sailing the Barents Sea – BarentsObserver

June 20, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive, wastes