Nuclear Barge Afloat in Russia

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Russia has had quite a problem with nuclear energy. Newsweek covers the highlights of Russia's unfortunate travesties in relation to these new nuclear inventions. By way of introduction to these catastrophes, it mentions Russia's new nuclear power unit/ship. The main focus of the article is the radiation explosion that occurred in Severodvinsk.
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The Akademik Lomonosov is a Russian floating nuclear power unit.
The Akademik Lomonsov's destination is Pevek.
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First Published: 08/14/2019 02:20:22 am
Last Updated: 11/30/-0001 12:00:00 am
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The Akademik Lomonosov is headed to the Arctic.
Scientists were killed in a radioactive explosion.
These scientists were testing a new missile.
The Akademik Lomonosov has two KLT-40 naval propulsion nuclear reactors.
The unit will be drawn 3,100 miles.
The Chukchi Sea separates Russian Chukotka and U.S. Alaska.
Greenpeace is trying to alert people to the possible damage the unit could cause to the enviroment.
Rosatom is a nuclear organization run by the state of Russia.
Rosatom does not believe the unit will cause damage to the enviroment.
On Aug. 8, Alaska Public Media relayed opinions from three parties who all are skeptical of Russian nuclear practices.
The parties consist of an enviromentalist group, a shipping company, and someone from the U.S. Naval War College.
The unit started its journey on Aug. 8.
On Aug. 8, the radiation explosion took place near Nyonoksa.
Severodvinsk citizens apparently took iodine tablets in an effect to protect the thyroid from radiation.
t first, local authorities understated the results of the explosion.
Rosatom buried 5 nuclear workers on Aug. 12
Chernobyl was a 1986 meltdown of a nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine.
The Fukushima Daiichi disaster came in 2011 after an earthuake and tsunami.
Some radiation from Fukushima Daiichi went all the way to California.
Greenpeace said the radiation levels from the explosion were 20 times above average.
It is said that the levels returned to normal quickly.
Russian officials have closed Dvina Bay off for a month.
Rosatom released a statemtent on Aug. 9.
In the statement, it says five people died while "testing a liquid propulsion system".
The statement also states that three others were injured.
On Aug. 10, Tass Russian News Agency reported Rosatom as testing missiles on a "sea-based platform".
Serebrynka, a nuclear fuel carrier, was in the area of the explosion when it occured.
In March 2018, the concept of Burestvetnik missiles was unveiled by President Vladimir Putin.
The 5 dead and 3 injured workers were given the Order of Courage.
The Aug. 12 memorial ceremony is the 19th anniversary of Kursk's sinking.
Kursk was a nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine.
118 sailors died in the Kursk sinking.
The submarine's radiation was contained.
Up to 100,000 times the average amount of radiation is being emitted from K-278 Komsomolets, another Soviet submarine wreck.
The Norweigan report of this finding was released a week after Losharik caught on fire.
Losharik was a secret deep-sea submersible, also nuclear-powered.
The Losharik fire killed 14 people.
In 2008, the nuclear-powered Nerpa submarine suffered from a release of the fire suppresion system.
The Nerpa accident resulted in 20 dead.
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This explosion is one of many that brings into question Russia's safety record.
Greenpeace (a group of activists) call the unit "Chernobyl on ice".
Greenpeace also calls it "a nuclear Titanic".
Chernobyl has gained attention recently from a new HBO miniseries about the event.
The miniseries dwelled on both the positives and negatives of the event.
in 30 years, Japanese Fukushima Daiichi is the only comparable incident to Chernobyl.
Nuclear catastrophes can have long lasting effects.
There are speculations that Burestvetnik nuclear-powered cruise missiles were being tested.
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Date Published: 11/30/-0001 12:00:00 am
Date Accessed: 11/30/-0001 12:00:00 am
Article Author: Tom O'Connor
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Russia is sending a nuclear power station 4,000 miles along the Northern Sea Route.
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This will be a milestone in Russia's use of nuclear power for Arctic expansion.
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Date Published: 11/30/-0001 12:00:00 am
Date Accessed: 11/30/-0001 12:00:00 am
Article Author: Andrew Roth
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