Norway funds dismantling of nuclear sub
The Norwegian government has allocated funding for the dismantling of another Russian nuclear submarine.
According to the government press service, the dismantling of the retired Northern Fleet vessel will be funded jointly by Norwegian and British authorities.
The submarine will be the last of five Russian vessels dismantled with Norwegian funding. A total of 23 million NOK (2,9 million EUR) will be allocated to the project.
The vessel was launch in 1963 and is in “a very bad state”, the government press release reads.
The scrapping of the sub will take place at the Nerpa yard west of Murmansk.
Over the last years, a number of countries have been involved in the dismantling of retired Russian submarines. With joint efforts, Russia and its foreign partners will have solved the nuclear submarine problem by year 2010.
