Tag Archives: Russia

A Dead Russian Submarine Armed with Nuclear Torpedoes was Never Recovered via The National Interest

Posted on 2019/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A permanent watery grave.by Robert Farley Key point: She rests at a depth of 15,000 feet—too deep to make recovery practical. The Bay of Biscay is one of the world’s great submarine graveyards. In late World War II, British and American aircraft … Continue reading →

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Russia floating nuclear power station sets sail across Arctic via BBC

Posted on 2019/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia has launched a pioneering floating nuclear power station, which will sail 5,000km (3,000 miles) from the Arctic port of Murmansk to Chukotka in the far east. The nuclear agency Rosenergoatom says the Akademik Lomonosov’s mobility will boost the power … Continue reading →

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Russia’s response to nuclear disaster: lie, cover up — and put the world at risk via The Hill

Posted on 2019/08/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BY STEPHEN BLANK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Russia is prone to nuclear catastrophes. But these disasters don’t place Russians alone at risk. Sooner or later, they could place the world in danger, as one very nearly did three decades ago. A 1960 weapons … Continue reading →

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Uranium Giant Cameco Can’t Catch a Break via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2019/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jitters over a nuclear accident in Russia are the latest in a cascade of negative sentiment By Spencer Jakab Monday wasn’t a good day to be in the nuclear fuel business, but then the past eight years hardly have been a … Continue reading →

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Russia says radiation levels rose by 4-16 times in city after accident: TASS via Reuters

Posted on 2019/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Radiation levels in the Russian city of Severodvinsk rose by up to 16 times on Aug. 8 after an accident that authorities said involved a rocket test on a sea platform, Russia’s state weather agency said on … Continue reading →

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Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly Blast via New York Times

Posted on 2019/08/12 by nfield

By Andrew E. Kramer […] MOSCOW — A mystery explosion at a Russian weapons testing range involved radioactive materials, the authorities admitted on Saturday, as the blast’s admitted death toll rose and signs of a creeping radiation emergency, or at … Continue reading →

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Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly Blast via The New York Times

Posted on 2019/08/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Andrew E. Kramer MOSCOW — A mystery explosion at a Russian weapons testing range involved radioactive materials, the authorities admitted on Saturday, as the blast’s admitted death toll rose and signs of a creeping radiation emergency, or at the least … Continue reading →

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Russian nuclear submarine: Norway finds big radiation leak via BBC

Posted on 2019/07/11 by nfield

Norway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of a Russian navy submarine. The Komsomolets sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989 after a fire on board killed 42 sailors. A sample showed radioactive … Continue reading →

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Russia Is About to Tow Its “Floating Chernobyl” Through the Arctic Circle via Vice

Posted on 2019/07/02 by nfield

By Alex Lubben […] In a world’s first, Russia will ship a nuclear power plant on a barge from a point north of Moscow across the Arctic, thousands of miles, to an extremely remote area where it’ll power offshore oil … Continue reading →

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Russia Has Restarted Low-Yield Nuclear Tests, U.S. Believes via The New York Times

Posted on 2019/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration believes Russia has restarted very low-yield nuclear tests, officials said on Wednesday in a finding that could be used to renew in earnest the arms race between Moscow and Washington. But the significance of the … Continue reading →

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