The environmental impact of the sunken submarine Komsomolets
About the publication
Report number
2003/02523
ISBN
82-464-0779-1
Format
PDF-document
Size
860.7 KB
Language
English
The report is an analysis of the environmental effects of the sunken nuclear submarine Komsomolets. It presents the
facts about the submarine and its nuclear inventory as these were known in 1995 and discusses the distrubution of these
radionuclides in the environment. This discussion is still generally valid today. In conclusion, the Komsomolets
represents no significant hazard to man, today or in the future.