The End of Red October: The Soviet Biohazard
At the end of the Cold War, the Russian Navy, bereft of funds, abruptly decommissioned 100 nuclear powered submarines, leaving behind a massive nuclear waste disposal problem. Once the pride of the USSR, the Soviet’s fleet of nuclear submarines now lies rusting in the remote fjords of Murmansk. Now, a concerned team of engineers is tasked with cleaning up this nuclear mess.
At the end of the Cold War, the Russian Navy, bereft of funds, abruptly decommissioned 100 nuclear powered submarines, leaving behind a massive nuclear waste disposal problem. Once the pride of the USSR, the Soviet’s fleet of nuclear submarines now lies rusting in the remote fjords of Murmansk. Now, a concerned team of engineers is tasked with cleaning up this nuclear mess.
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