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One of the topics currently under study in Phase II of the NATO/CCMS/NACC Pilot Study on Cross-Border Environmental Problems Emanating from Defence-Related Installations and Activities is known as Environmental Risk Assessments for NonDefuelled,Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines. In Phase I of the Pilot Study, problems related to such submarines were identified as one of the potentially largest defence-related sources of radionuclide contamination of the environment. Participants from a number of countries have contributed actively to the present study, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 1997. The study describes the magnitude of the problem as well as a number of possible accident scenarios. The most important scenarios, loss-of-coolant accidents and reactivity accidents, are analysed in detail and presented as separate contributions to this Workshop. The rest of the study is covered by this paper, which provides background information, describes other scenarios and presents overall conclusions.
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Høibråten, S. (1999). Risk Assessments for Non-Defuelled, Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines. In: Sarkisov, A.A., du Clos, A.T. (eds) Analysis of Risks Associated with Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning, Dismantling and Disposal. NATO Science Series, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4595-4_9
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