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  Polyarny - Definition, explanation
Polyarny is a town on the outermost western side of the Murmansk Fjord with just under 30,000 inhabitants.
Russian Shipyard Number 10 -- Shkval -- is located at Polyarny, and in the West is more often referred to by the name of the town than by its official name.
As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Soviet Northern Fleet at the end of the 1950s, the yard was modified for docking and repair of these vessels.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/po/polyarny.php   (181 words)

  
  Polyarny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Polyarny is a town on the outermost western side of the Murmansk Fjord with just under 30,000 inhabitants.
Russian Shipyard Number 10 -- Shkval -- is located at Polyarny, and in the West is more often referred to by the name of the town than by its official name.
As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Soviet Northern Fleet at the end of the 1950s, the yard was modified for docking and repair of these vessels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polyarny   (139 words)

  
 Role of Polyarny Museum (Murmansk area) in studying the history of researches and development of Kola North, VII ...
In 1899, Murmansk Biological station of the Imperial St. Petersburg Scientific Society was transferred from the the Solovetskie Islands to Aleksandrovsk, the re­searchers of the station continued the studies of the Barents Sea flora and fauna.
The Northern Fleet, with Polyarny as a main base (1933 – 1947), contributed to the scientific supervision and research of climate, hydrography, meterology and other characteristics of the seas and oceans.
Ekaterinenskaya Harbour, Aleksandrovsk, Polyarny are frequently mentioned in the scientific articles and papers, devoted to the historical events, which took place in those settlement.
www.vitiaz.ru /congress/en/thesis/171.html   (711 words)

  
 Polyarny -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Founded in 1899, it is one of the oldest towns of the (A peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea) Kola Peninsula.
As the first nuclear-powered (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarines were delivered to the (Click link for more info and facts about Soviet Northern Fleet) Soviet Northern Fleet at the end of the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s, the yard was modified for docking and repair of these vessels.
As (Click link for more info and facts about Soviet (and now Russian) Naval) Soviet (and now Russian) Naval nuclear vessels are decommissioned, they are laid up at Polyarny to await defueling and disposal.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/polyarny.htm   (177 words)

  
 Russian Shipyard Number 10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian Shipyard No. 10 -- Shkval -- is located in Polyarny, a town on the outermost western side of the Murmansk Fjord.
As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Russian Northern Fleet at the end of the 1950s, the yard was modified for docking and repair of these vessels.
Defuelling and refuelling is performed by the Project 326M ship stationed in Polyarny, which was joined in 2000 by the civilian nuclear support ship Imandra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Shipyard_Number_10   (340 words)

  
 Mayak spent fuel storage moves to Kola
Naval shipyard no. 10 in Polyarny is one of the locations for a new storage pad for casks with spent nuclear fuel.
Seven laid up submarines are anchored at the piers in Polyarny; all of them still are holding spent nuclear fuel in their reactors.
Polyarny is in the neighbour bay to Nerpa.
193.71.199.52 /en/international/russia/waste-mngment/15894.html   (2493 words)

  
 Nuclear submarine emergency in floating dock during decommissioning
From 1976 and till 1981, the submarine was under upgrade and repairs at Polyarny shipyard.
Reactor compartments from Polyarny and other shipyards at the Kola Peninsula and in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk county, are towed to Sayda Bay, located not so far from Polyarny.
This fact was not indicated in the documents sent with the train and was discovered during unloading of the fuel.
www.diodon349.com /Stories/nuclear_submarine_emergency_in_floating_drydock_Russia.htm   (966 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The head of the operation to move the K-159 through the Barents Sea was immmediately suspended and President Vladimir Putin pledged a thorough probe into the accident, which evoked memories of the Kursk disaster three years ago.
The submarine was being towed along the Kola Peninsula coast to Polyarny when the the floats broke apart and the K-159 tipped over and sank three miles (five km) northwest of Kildin Island.
The sources suggested the air rescue operation was delayed because rescuers saw one submarine on the surface and did not at first realise that a second one had sunk.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/09/01/wor01.html   (360 words)

  
 Planet Ark : Russian Nuclear Submarine Sinks, Nine Killed
The head of the operation to move the K-159 through the Barents Sea was immediately suspended and President Vladimir Putin pledged a thorough probe into the accident, which evoked memories of the Kursk disaster three years ago.
The submarine was being towed along the Kola Peninsula coast to Polyarny when the floats broke apart and the K-159 tipped over and sank three miles northwest of Kildin Island.
The sources suggested the air rescue operation was delayed because rescuers saw one submarine on the surface and did not at first realize that a second one had sunk.
www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/22051/story.htm   (770 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Russian Nuclear Submarine Sinks, Nine Killed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The head of the operation to move the K-159 through the Barents Sea was immediately suspended and President Vladimir Putin pledged a thorough probe into the accident, which evoked memories of the Kursk disaster three years ago.
The submarine was being towed along the Kola Peninsula coast to Polyarny when the floats broke apart and the K-159 tipped over and sank three miles northwest of Kildin Island.
The sources suggested the air rescue operation was delayed because rescuers saw one submarine on the surface and did not at first realize that a second one had sunk.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2003/08/30/russian_nuclear_submarine_sinks_nine_killed   (613 words)

  
 Polyarny
Overview of Polyarny Naval Yard (Image date 28 May 1967.
Detail of Polyarny (Image date 28 May 1967.
Overview of ships and submarines docked at Polyarny (Image date 28 May 1967.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/polyarny-imagery.htm   (296 words)

  
 Forsvarsnett: Liquid Radioactive Waste   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Accordingly, the facility must be able to operate at temperatures below 0 °C. This could be solved by placing the units in a heated environment, or by providing the units and connecting pipelines with insulation and heating to withstand the low temperatures.
Not all modules may be needed at Polyarny, depending on the type of LRW generated and other available infrastructure.
This might reduce the size of a heated environment or the number of modules needing insulation and heating, thereby reducing the increased cost due to operation in winter conditions.
www.mil.no /felles/ffi/amec/start/projects/lrw   (471 words)

  
 Bellona Investigation Reveals Radiation Levels Are Normal After K-159 Sinking-So Far.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A Bellona-commissioned independent investigation of potential radioactive contamination in the area where the rusted and leaky K-159 Russian submarine sank on August 30th in 240 metres of water, while being towed to the Polyarny decommissioning point from the Gremikha naval base, reveals publicly for the first time that sea-based radiation levels are, so far, normal.
The Bellona commissioned measurements were taken upstream of the prevailing currents in the area of the sinking, which generally run from west to east.
Officials at neither Polyarny nor Nerpa could be reached for comment to clear up the contradiction.
nuclearno.com /text.asp?6757   (2091 words)

  
 Nature » Administrative-territorial system
Address: Sovetskaya st., 8, Polyarny, 184650, the Murmansk region.
Polyarny was granted the status of a town in 1939.
There is the House of Culture in Polyarny.
2004.murman.ru /nature/adm_delenie/polyarniy/index-eng.shtml   (123 words)

  
 Forsvarsnett: Environmental monitoring and radiation protection
The aim of the project AMEC 1.5, "Cooperation in radiation and environmental safety", is to enhance the safety of personnel, population and the environment when handling and storing spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste from decommissioned submarines in North-west Russia.
New equipment for radiation safety have been transferred, purchased and installed at the Polyarninsky Shipyard, which is situated in Polyarny, a town of ca 30 000 inhabitants north of Murmansk in the Kola Bay.
The Polyarninsky Shipyard is situated in Polyarny, a town of ca 30 000 inhabitants, north of Murmansk in the Kola Bay.
www.mil.no /felles/ffi/amec/start/projects/enirad   (1303 words)

  
 Russian Naval Negligence Sinks Retired Nuke Sub in Barents Sea, Killing Nine.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The K-159, a Russian November class attack submarine with a crew of 10, sank this morning in 185 metres of water in the Barents Sea five kilometres northwest of the Arctic Island of Kildin while being towed from the Gremikha naval base to the Polyarny shipyard, where it was headed for dismantlement.
A representative from the Northern Fleet Headquarters was quoted by the agency as saying that the helicopters that had flown out to sea in search of the submarine must have confused with another retired nuclear submarine—which likewise was being towed for dismantlement to Polyarny, where it arrived safely.
By entrusting the dismantlement of the K-159 to the Polyarny shipyard, which is one of the few shipyards left under the control of the Russian Defence Ministry, the Navy was aiming redirect money to its own shipyards.
nuclearno.com /textml.asp?6667   (1275 words)

  
 Russian Naval Negligence Sinks Retired Nuke Sub in Barents Sea, Killing Nine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
By entrusting the dismantlement of the K-159 to the Polyarny shipyard, which is one of the few shipyards left under the control of the Russian Defence Ministry, the Navy was aiming at redirecting funds to its own shipyards.
This navy shipyard No. 10 is located near the town of Polyarny, on the westernmost side of the Murmansk Fjord.
As the first nuclear-powered submarines were delivered to the Northern Fleet at the end of the 1950s, the shipyard was modified for docking and repairs of these vessels.
bellona.org /en/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/incidents/k-159/30978.html   (2079 words)

  
 Kayak.com: Best Eastern Polyarny Zori Murmansk Reviews
Description: Polyarnye Zori Hotel is well-known as a quiet and comfortable hotel for businessmen who come for meetings with partners in Murmansk.
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www.kayak.com /murmansk-hotels.best-eastern-polyarny-zori.413.ksp   (176 words)

  
 KOLA ENERGY EFFICIENCY CENTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On the 10th of February 2004, a meeting on energy saving issues was held in the Polyarny Zori Administration.
The Polyarny Zori City Administration is interested in continuation of cooperation with the Kola Energy Efficiency Centre and intends to do it more active than earlier.
It is planned to prepare information about projects in the town of Polyarny Zori for potential investors and make presentation in KEEC at the end of March of this year.
www.keec.com /news/nyheter/1077181216.html   (276 words)

  
 Decommissioning of nuclear submarines at Polyarny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to Naval magazine "Mosrskoy Sbornik" the accidental nuclear submarine K-192 (Echo-II class), stationed in Polyarny, is to be defuelled in the near future.
In the end of November 1996 the Naval Yard in Polyarny defuelled the 37 years old K-5 submarine (November class).
This was the second nuclear-powered submarine built in the USSR.
spb.org.ru /bellona/ehome/russia/nfl/news/260297.htm   (360 words)

  
 Nuclear sub at sea despite gale / 9 killed -- leaking old Russian vessel was being towed
on Saturday, when the tug was about halfway to its destination, Polyarny, the fierce storm snapped the lines that tied the 40-year-old K-159 submarine to the pontoons.
Digges said the Navy should not have sent the skeleton sub to Polyarny at all, and instead should have sent special ships to Gremikha to dismantle the K- 159 reactors there, thus minimizing the risk of the vessel's deadly fuel spilling into the sea.
He said Zhemchuzhnov, the officer who had been in charge of the operation to tow the K-159 to Polyarny, has been suspended from duty.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/31/MN293857.DTL   (894 words)

  
 Polyarny Gold Mine, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Polyarny Gold Mine is an operating mine in Russia.
Polyarny Gold Mine is just one of 17 000 entities to be found in Raw Materials Data, the mining industry's most extensive database.
Below is an example of what can be pulled out of Raw Materials Data.
www.rmg.se /RMDEntities/P/POLYAM.htm   (46 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:First nuclear power submarine delivered to the ship-repairing plant in the city of Polyarny for utilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
First nuclear power submarine delivered to the ship-repairing plant in the city of Polyarny for utilization
On Tuesday representatives of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy reported to the RIA Novosti correspondent that on Monday, 14 October, the first submarine of the first generation of nuclear power submarines written off by the Northern Fleet was delivered to the ship-repairing plant of the city of Polyarny on the Kola peninsula.
When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, reference to Pravda.RU should be made.
newsfromrussia.com /region/2002/10/15/38197_.html   (159 words)

  
 The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Hunt for Red October, The - 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Details: In the opening scene of the movie, the sky was completely lit on that cold December morning when the Red October puts to sea from Polyarny, the Naval Base just next to Murmansk.
However, the sun sets in Murmansk on November 27 (after just a couple hours of skirting the horizon between sunrise and sunset each afternoon over the previous week) and is not seen again even partially until January 16.
Clearly, a bright December morning in Polyarny is not possible.
www.nitpickers.com /movies/nitpicks/57000/56674.shtml   (201 words)

  
 Russia’s first SRW treatment facility opened in Polyarny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A solid radioactive waste treatment facility has been presented in Polyarny, Murmansk region.
The facility was open on February 26 at the shipyard no.10 in Polyarny, RIA-Novosti reported.
The $5.1m project was initiated in 2001 in the frames of the Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) program formally established in 1996.
www.bellona.com /en/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/spent_fuel/32942.html   (515 words)

  
 Blazons of Murmansk Oblast Towns
The author of Lovozero blazon is V.A. Belov.
The author of Polyarny blazon is Igor Dmitrievich Rozhkov.
The authors of Polyarny Zori blazon are Igor Alexandrovich Grustnev and Konstantin Fedorovich Mochenov.
heraldry.hobby.ru /eng/e.murman.html   (192 words)

  
 Latest updates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During 1996, only 14 percent of budgeted funds were actually transferred to the operators.
On February 10, works at three dry docks at Naval Repair Yard no.10 in Polyarny (Murmansk County) were halted.
Two strategic nuclear-powered submarines of Typhoon class were prematurily taken out of service recently.
www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/channel28716n25s375_.html   (441 words)

  
 Norway Complicit in Same Unsafe Towing Practices That Sank the K-159
Though Norway is doing much to improve the ecological situation in Northwest Russia by dismantling two submarines, the country's money was spent on the same unsafe sub transportation methods that sank the K-159.
Nuclear service ship Imandra is defuelling a Victor class submarine in Polyarny.
Russia has recently been pledged a windfall of approximately $200m in international funding for nuclear remediation projects in Russia’s Northwest, with countries such as Norway, Great Britain, and France either donating to multinational funds for Russian nuclear cleanup or by contracting directly with Russia to dismantle its derelict retired submarines.
www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/navy/northern_fleet/incidents/k-159/31059.html   (1548 words)

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