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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea

10 July 201912 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Bear Island, Komsomlets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, radiation, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel

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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea

8 July 20198 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bear Island, Komsomolets, Norwegian Sea, nuclear, nuclear submarines, Russian Navy, Soviet Union, submarines

Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium

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Norway grants drilling rights closer to protected Arctic waters

18 June 201818 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments AkerBP, Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, Bear Island, conservation, license area, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, natural gas, Norway, Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Sea, offshore oil, oil, Svalbard

Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel. “The opening of new exploration acreage is a precondition

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