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'Komsomolets' – the sunken nuclear submarine in the Norwegian Sea – a possible environmental problem?
20.09.2000
On 7 April 1989 the Soviet nuclear submarine 'Komsomolets' sank in the Norwegian Sea about 185 km southwest of the Bear Island at bottom depth of about 1700 m. Potential sources of radioactive contamination are the reactor and the nuclear warheads.
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