Sunken Soviet nuclear submarine’s radioactive release
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The Komsomolets (sonar image; artificially coloured) sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea in 1989, killing 42 of the 69 crew members. Credit: Institute of Marine Research/Ægir6000
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A Soviet submarine that lies at the bottom of the Norwegian Sea is leaking small but non-hazardous amounts of radiation1.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00953-7
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- Gwynn, J. P. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 123, e2520144123 (2026).
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