NORTHERN FLEET UNABLE TO DISPOSE OF NUCLEAR WASTES SAFELY.

In the past, the Russian authorities simply dumped nuclearwaste into the ocean; now that they are committed to more environmentallysound rules, they lack the money to follow them, officials inRussia’s Northern Fleet told Krasnaya zvezda July 13. Existingdumps are full, the twice a year secure train from the north tocentral Russia is too expensive, and American promises of aidhave not yet been fulfilled, the paper said. And in a relatedreport on the troubles of the fleet, Kommersant-Daily reportedJuly 14 that officers in the Pacific Fleet were now forced tomoonlight in order to feed their families.

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