Posted by Matt in November 9th, 2008 |
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Russia,
Budget,
Cold-War,
Current,
Era,
Independent Fire,
Leaves,
Navy,
Nuclear Accident,
Nuclear Subs,
Pacific Ocean,
Rapid Decline,
Reuters,
Russia,
Russian Navy,
Russian Nuclear Submarine,
Russian Submarine,
ships,
Spokesman,
Submarine Fleet,
submarines,
Sunset
Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet is fading away. The navy budget, despite recent increases, is not large enough to build new ships to replace the current Cold war era fleet that is falling apart. This is not much noticed. The rapid decline of Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet got some attention only because Russia needed international help [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 27th, 2008 |
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Nuclear,
April 26 1986,
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Chernobyl Disaster,
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster,
Chernobyl Reactor,
Coffin,
Disaster Work,
Explosion,
Former Soviet Union,
Hundreds Of Thousands,
Italy,
Northern Europe,
Nuclear Accident,
Power Plant,
Pripyat,
Radiation,
Radioactive Contents,
Soviet Union,
Swath,
Ukraine
Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant.
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The explosion at reactor No. 4 on April 26, 1986 was the world’s worst nuclear accident, spewing radiation over a large swath of the former Soviet [...]
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