Risks Associated with Old Nuclear Submarines in Russia

In an international NATO/NACC project under the Committee of the Challenges of Modern Society the risks of the old, decommissioned nuclear submarines at the Kola peninsula have been investigated. The Danish contribution to this project was an analysis of the potential sources of radioactive pollution from these submarines, the development of a model for calculation the energy release connected to a criticality accident during defueling and an analysis of available information on accidents with nuclear submarines.