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the Pacific Fleet, was broken up at Boishoi Kameo. Its reactor oompartmeat is still stored 

 at the plant(s). Two other submarioes may be undergoing scrapping there as well 



B. A smaller refit and refuelling yard near the settlementt of Dunay (ShkDtovo-22) and 

 Temp located on Chazma Bay on the east side of the Shkotovo peninsula facing Strelok 

 Bay. It was here that the submarine reactor exploded on 10 August 198S, contaminating 

 the surrounding land and water. Reportedly, plans exist to turn the Chazma plant into a 

 major dismantling facility for decommissioned submarines. 



C A permanent nuclear waste disposal site. Installation 927-III, is located at the tip of the 

 Shkotovo region peninsula. High-level waste is stored here. There are plans to eapand 

 the facility by 199S, in order to be able to store more waste. 



O. A major submarine base at Pa>4ovsk on the eastern edge of Strelok Bay, which at least 

 houses ballistic missile submarines (U.S inspectors visited this base itf 1990 as part of the 

 verification inspections for START). 



nL Greenpeace's October 1991 Visit 



While in Vladivostok in September 1990, Greenpeace heard reports from residents about 

 a devastating reactor explosion at Dunay on board a Soviet nuclear powered submarine in the 

 Spring of 198S. Greenpeace also observed a meeting of the Primotskii Kray Soviet's 

 Environmental Committee where this accident was discussed. Sketchy reports about this accident 

 continued to surface in the Soviet press after September 1990. 



Greenpeace returned to the region in October 1991 to investigate this accident, as well as 

 other accidents, radioactive waste disposal procedures, radioactive contamination in the area, and 

 the procedures being developed for the decommissioning of nuclear-powered submarines in the 

 Pacific Fleet 



While in Vladivostok, Greenpeace held meetings with senior officers fiom the Pacific 

 Fleet including: Chief of the Chemical Service and his assistant. Chief Radiokigist, Assistant 

 Chief of the Nuclear Reactor Refuelling Section, Chief of the Technological Service, Assistant 

 Chief of staff/Chief of the Command Section of the Fleet Meetings included members of the 

 Primonkii Kray Nature Protection and Ecological Committee, the Sanitary-Epidemiologicai 

 Service, and the Hydromet Service. Hekl trips to the area of the Chazma facility accident, and 

 Boishoi Kamen also were conducted, and several official documents discussing the accident and its 

 aftermath were provided. 



IV. 1985 Trimorskii Chernobyl'' Accident . 



On 10 August 198S the reactor of a Victor-class submarine suffered an explosion while 



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