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While the orientation of the Northern Fleet's Murmansk Oblast facilities has historically involved operational activities, many of these facilities are also dealing with the functional changes associated with the post-Cold War era, which include a greater emphasis on decommissioning and dismantlement, spent fuel and radioactive waste storage, and finding the funds to address both issues adequately.  The Murmansk Oblast facilities that serve as operational bases for nuclear-powered vessels are:

	Atomflot;
	Gadzhiyevo Naval Base;
	Olenya Bay Naval Base;
	Severomorsk Naval Base;
	Ara Bay;
	Bolshaya Lopatka, Malaya Lopatka, and Nerpichya at the Zapadnaya Litsa Naval Base.

Bases for repairing and refueling nuclear-powered submarines include:

	Gremikha Naval Base;
	Nerpa Shipyard;
	Safonovo Ship Repair Facility (SRZ-82);
	Sevmorput Naval Shipyard No. 35;
	Pala Bay;
	Polyarninskiy Shipyard;
	Bolshaya Lopatka, Malaya Lopatka, and Nerpichya at the Zapadnaya Litsa Naval Base.

Fresh fuel storage facilities exist at:

	Atomflot;
	Severomorsk's Site 49;
	Sevmorput, and
	Zapadnaya Litsa's Andreyeva Bay.

Sites that house either spent fuel, radioactive waste reprocessing facilties, or radioactive waste storage facilities are:

	Atomflot;
	Gadzhiyevo;
	Gremikha;
	Nerpa;
	Sayda Bay;
	Sevmorput;
	Pala Guba; Polyarninskiy Shipyard;
	Ara Bay;
	Andreyeva Bay, Bolshaya Lopatka, and Nerpichya at Zapadnaya Litsa.

Decommissioning and dismantlement activities take place at Gadzhiyevo, Gremikha, Nerpa, Polyarninskiy, and Ara Bay.[1, 2, 3]

Sources:
[1] Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik, and Alexandr Nikitin, "Radioactive waste at naval bases," The Russian Northern Fleet, Bellona Foundation, http://www.bellona.no/e/russia/nfl/nfl4.htm.
[2] Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik, and Alexandr Nikitin, "Naval yards," The Russian Northern Fleet, Bellona Foundation, http://www.bellona.no/e/russia/nfl/nfl5.htm.
[3] Joshua Handler, "The Russian Naval Nuclear Complex;" in The Nuclear Legacy of the Former Soviet Union: Implications for Security and Ecology, Gerd Busmann, Oliver Meier, and Otfried Nassauer, eds., BITS Research Report 97.1, November 1997, p. 25.

   

Page last updated 17 April 2001
For more recent developments, see the Northern Fleet Developments file and development sections under individual fleet facility files listed above.

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