Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea - BBC Future

Russia’s ‘slow-motion Chernobyl’ at sea - BBC Future

Russia to raise its sunken nuclear subs

Dozens of sunken nuclear vessels and reactor compartments litter the Arctic seafloor. Russia has pledged to raise the most dangerous: 2 Soviet nuclear submarines and 4 reactors, which make up 90% of radioactive material in the Arctic Ocean. Recovering them will be perilous, but leaving them puts at risk some of the world’s richest fishing grounds — and leaves the families of the men who died aboard in a limbo of mourning.

BBC Future Planet | 14 min read