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Radioactive contamination of groundwater at the Andreeva Bay Shore Technical Base, Northwest Russia

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The Andreeva Bay Shore Technical Base is one of the largest, most contaminated nuclear legacy sites in Northwest Russia. Radioactive contamination at the site stems from servicing and maintenance activites for Russian Northern Fleet nuclear submarine. Studies of groundwater contamination have been conducted using measurements taken at different boreholes around the site. Results indicate that groundwater contamination has occurred in some areas of the Andreeva Bay facility. These areas are primarily located near Building 5 where accidental releases occurred in 1982 during storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and near the liquid and solid radioactive waste (LRW and SRW) storage facilities which have been infiltrated by precipitation waters.

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  1. Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, N-1332, Østerås, Norway

    W. J. F. Standring, O. Reistad & I. B. Amundsen

  2. Environmental Unit, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, 9296, Tromsø, Norway

    M. Dowdall

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Standring, W.J.F., Dowdall, M., Reistad, O. et al. Radioactive contamination of groundwater at the Andreeva Bay Shore Technical Base, Northwest Russia. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 279, 227–235 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-7246-4

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