Cross-border propagation of 137Cs in the Barents Sea as result of a hypothetical accident associated with a self-maintained chain reaction in the reactors on the sunken nuclear submarine B-159 is predicted. The possible radioecological consequences of the radioactive contamination of the marine environments are evaluated. The results obtained are compared with approaches used abroad.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 106–113, August, 2015.
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Antipov, S.V., Bilashenko, V.P., Vysotskii, V.L. et al. Prediction and Evaluation of the Radioecological Consequences of a Hypothetical Accident on the Sunken Nuclear Submarine B-159 in the Barents Sea. At Energy 119, 132–141 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-015-0039-x
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