Continued monitoring of sunken Soviet submarine shows ongoing radioactive leakage, but little impact

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Mar 24, 2026, 11:40 am68 ptsTrending
In 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, along with its nuclear reactor and two nuclear warheads onboard. Komsomolets was constructed with a titanium alloy exterior that allowed it to reach far greater depths than any other submarine at the time.…

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