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Old 02-09-22, 01:21 PM   #1
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Default A very interesting documentary on decommissioning Russian subs

This is a documentary done in 2010 about the scrapping of Russian nuclear submarines

Much has actually been done between 2003 and today to get rid of the former Soviet fleet and the boats that once littered the ports of northern Russia are today as of 2022 mostly gone.

Funding for a lot of the early scrapping was supplied by the USA Norway Japan UK and the European Union
However the last funding grant I heard of was in 2014 (maybe wrong)
Since then Russia has scrapped submarines on its own dime

The documentary is 45mins long and you get to see some of the nerpa shipyard and also saidya bay reactor storage facility which at the time housed only 33 reactors (2010) today holds 120+

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Interesting, Bellona.org also used to be a good source for the fate of decommissioned russian submarines.
Just who the hell did this english "translation" accent
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Indeed Bellona did as did fas but they have since stopped doing anything meaningful, then again most of the older subs and ships have since been cut up and now its only the relatively recent boats that have left service that are left to be cut up.

To be honest you have to applaud to Russians in one sense, yes this has largely been done with aid from other countries but to cut up and safely store over 120+ nuclear vessels in 15 years with very few incidents is no mean feat.

Take a look at the UK for instance we seem to be relatively far behind in our works the simple fact is were only now getting around to scrapping ours, and some of them have been in storage longer than they were in service.
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I recall a docu on German Tv some 20 years ago. They showed that the Russians were pumping a lot of money in building new nucleaf boats, while leaving the costs of scrapping old nuclear boats, especially the reactor cores, to Germany and others, but Germany paid an especially high share to protect the environment. The security standards in the harbours were ridiculous, practically every stranger could walk on and off thd abandoned boats. It was all a ridiculous situation.
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Thoroughly enjoyed watching this over a glass or three last night
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Great video. Thanks for sharing.
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As usual Kapitan, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. I will re-watch it it a few times in the next couple days to see if I missed anything.



Thanks for sharing, Kapitan.
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No problem guys glad it was a good viewing opportunity even if it is slightly dated.

Skybird I think I recall the documentary you are on about it is on youtube i do believe looks like I will have to go fishing.
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