U.K. Plans $3.9 Billion Contribution for Dismantling Russian Nuclear Submarines

The United Kingdom plans to provide Russia with $3.9 billion to support efforts to safely dismantle nuclear submarines, Interfax reported yesterday (see GSN, March 24).

During talks held April 1 in Moscow, British and Russian officials discussed a proposal for the United Kingdom to help fund the recycling of a decommissioned Victor-class attack submarine and for environmental projects in the Andreyev Firth, the site of a former naval base, said Viktor Akhunov, head of the nuclear facilities disposal department of the Russian Atomic Energy Ministry. 

British funds would be part of the United Kingdom’s contribution to the Group of Eight Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Akhunov said. The money does not include British aid for disposal of Russian chemical weapons and waste, he said (Interfax, April 6).

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