ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN THE KARA SEA IN REGARD TO DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE DURING THE “COLD WAR”
I.M. Savitskiy
Keywords: disposal of nuclear waste, nuclear reactor, navy, spent nuclear fuel (SNF), the Kara Sea, scientific expeditions, ecological state of the sea
Abstract
The article considers locations and methods of nuclear waste disposal in the Kara Sea; analyzes measures undertaken in order to study the radiation environment as well as their results. The growing topicality of this problem is connected with further development of the Northern Sea Route (including the international consignments) and the area around the Belyy Island in the Kara Sea, where one fourth of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves, gas and condensate are located.
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