Continued monitoring of sunken Soviet submarine shows ongoing radioactive leakage, but little impact

In 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, along with its ...
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Sunken Soviet submarine is leaking radioactive material in the ocean

A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...

Soviet sub K-278 Komsomolets still leaking radiation into Norwegian Sea

Researchers detected a visible plume of radioactive material escaping from a ventilation pipe near the reactor compartment.
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Soviet Nuclear Sub Still Leaking Radiation Decades After Sinking In The Norwegian Sea

The Soviet Komsomolets submarine, sunk in 1989, continues to leak radioactive materials into the Norwegian Sea from its ...

Sunken Soviet Sub Is Spewing Radiation, Scientists Warn of Escalating Ocean Danger

A new study finds a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine in the Norwegian Sea is leaking radiation in bursts, but environmental ...
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NATO Submarines Open Fire on Old Norwegian Warship

Sinking old, decommissioned warships is standard practice for navies to test their weapon systems. NATO submarines sank a decommissioned Norwegian frigate and recorded the strike as a message to ...