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Weapons tests involving radiation near populated areas are ‘dangerous’, Russian expert warns

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 12:13
Bellona, defence, military, nuclear, radiation, rockets, Severodvinsk, Weapons
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Nuclear safety expert Andrey Zolotkov with the Murmansk-based environmental group Bellona says there is always a risk of unforeseen circumstances

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Russia launches upgraded nuclear-armed sub from northwestern base

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:03
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The first upgraded ballistic missile submarine has left Severodvinsk, northwest Russia and embarked on comprehensive sea trails. Several Russian media,

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Military shipyards in northern Russia want role in building Arctic LNG infrastructure

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 15:20
Arctic LNG-2, LNG, natural gas, Novatek, Severodvinsk, Sevmash, shipbuilding, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Yamal LNG, Zvezdochka
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The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural

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Arctic Russia military town left without heating and hot water

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 10:38
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Residents in the closed military town of Zaozersk on the Barents Sea coast are left in freezing cold as the

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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 22, 2018 at 15:08
Akademik Lomonosov, Baltic Shipyard, East Siberian Sea, energy, floating nuclear power plant, Laptev Sea, Murmansk, NPP, Peschanka copper project, Pevek, Severodvinsk, St.Petersburg, Vilkitsky Strait
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The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches

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Legal fight over top secret Russian spy sub comes to surface

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 15:42
Arkhangelsk, Barents Sea, Losharik, Northern Fleet, nuclear fleet, Podmoskovye, Severodvinsk, Zvezdochka
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The Zvezdochka yard outside Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, demands another 6.8 billion ruble for its comprehensive modernization of nuclear submarine «Podmoskovye».

Mikhail Korbinsky shows the worst-case senario map with potential distribution of radioactive Cesium-137 from the K159 in the Barents Sea. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
Arctic, fisheries, military, Norway, nuclear, oceans, Severodvinsk
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While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two