Soviet Nuclear Subs Salvage from the Ocean Floor

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Scattered across the ocean floor in the cold waters of the Arctic are nuclear submarines and reactors dumped by the Soviets up until the early 1990s.

Now, as energy companies are seeking to drill in those same waters, the Russian government has shown an interest in cleaning up its nuclear waste. But after decades of sitting on the ocean floor, some of the most dangerous pieces may be too unstable to remove, leaving the potential for radioactive material to leak, which could disrupt commercial fisheries and destroy aquatic ecosystems.



Full Story: https://news.vice.com/article/the-so...into-the-ocean

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Damn... deep ocean salvage has got to be the single most dangerous job out there. Especially when it comes to disintegrating Soviet sub reactors. You can't pay me enough to do that job lol...