Canada Inspects Russian Submarine Dismantlement

Canadian inspectors recently spent four days examining the dismantlement of Russian nuclear submarines at the Zvyozdochka shipyard, the shipyard’s press office said today (see GSN, Oct. 21).

Canada is funding the decommissioning of three Project 671 submarines at the shipyard, and the inspectors said they were satisfied with Russian cooperation with the project, according to ITAR-Tass. Russia plans to fund the dismantlement of 13 out of 18 nuclear submarines set to be scrapped this year (Vladimir Anufriyev, ITAR-Tass, Nov. 16).

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