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A 2019 Norwegian research cruise to the sunken nuclear submarine Komsomolets has confirmed that radioactive releases from the reactor are still occurring. These releases have had little impact on the surrounding marine environment. The research cruise detected specific uranium and plutonium isotopes which suggest that the nuclear fuel assemblies have been damaged and that the nuclear fuel is in direct contact with seawater and deteriorating. Further work should be carried out to understand any corrosion processes and their implications.

Results from the 2019 Norwegian research cruise

This report presents results of monitoring of radioactivity in water, sediment, fish, seaweed and crustaceans collected along the Norwegian coast and in the Barents Sea in 2002. An overview of discharges from Norwegian sources and data concerning the longrange transport of radionuclides from European nuclear facilities is included.

This report presents results of monitoring of radioactivity in water, sediment, fish, seaweed and crustaceans collected along the Norwegian coast and in the Norwegian Sea/Barents Sea in 2003. An overview of discharges from Norwegian sources and data concerning the long-range transport of radionuclides from European nuclear facilities is included.

This report presents the results obtained by the joint Norwegian-Russian research cruise in 2012 to investigate the radioecological status of Stepovogo Fjord on the eastern coast of Novaya Zemlya, where the nuclear submarine K-27 and solid radioactive waste has been dumped.