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Volodarsky (ship)

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Volodarsky
History
OwnerMurmansk Shipping Company
Launched1929
General characteristics
Displacement5,500 tonnes
Length96 m (315 ft)

Volodarsky is the oldest ship in the Murmansk Shipping Company fleet. The 96-metre (315 ft) ship was constructed in 1929 and is of riveted steel plate construction. Until 1986 the ship was used to transport solid radioactive waste from Atomflot to the west side of Novaya Zemlya for dumping into the Barents Sea. As of 1995, the ship had 14.5 metric tons of low- and medium-level waste stored aboard.[1]

In 2014, the recycling of the "Volodarsky" depot ship was completed.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination" (pdf). Office of Technology Assessment. September 1995. OTA-ENV-623.
  2. ^ Sputnik. "Russia Disposes of 195 Decommissioned Soviet-Era Nuclear Submarines". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 14 August 2018.