Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Quietly Leaking Radiation Decades Later, Study Finds
While the nuclear-powered attack sub’s reactor appears to be ‘corroded,’ years of collaboration with Russian authorities has ...
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Sunken Soviet sub still leaking radiation after 30 years
The K-278 Komsomolets went down in 1989 following a fire onboard, ending in the deaths of most of its crew, according to ...
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Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radioactive Material in The Ocean
A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...
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Study finds radiation leaks from sunken Soviet sub K-278 Komsomolets
Norwegian researchers detected radiation leaking from the wreck of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-278 Komsomolets at levels ...
Radiation still seeping from Soviet‑era titanium nuclear attack sub
Monitoring teams report elevated radiation levels in surrounding waters near the wreck site.