Spent nuclear fuel removed from sub
The Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has removed nuclear fuel from the retired submarine “Borisoglebsk”.
The Delta III sub was included in the Russian Navy in 1977. It was formally taken out of service in November 2008 and has since August 2009 been ready for decommissioning and dismantling in the Zvezdochka yard, Regnum reports. The operation is made as part of the Global Partnership, the international initiative on reduction of retired nuclear-powered objects. The “Borisoglebsk” has served in the Northern Fleet and has had its base in the closed military town of Skalisty in the Kola Peninsula.