Meanwhile, some 17,000 containers of radioactive waste were reportedly discarded over a period of 30 years into the waters off the coast of Novaya Zemlya, used by the Soviets as a nuclear test site during the early 1950 ’ s.
Vahepeal heideti teadete kohaselt rohkem kui 30 aasta jooksul umbes 17000 radioaktiivsete jäätmete konteinerit endise Nõukogude Liidu poolt 1950 - ndate aastate alguses tuumapolügoonina kasutatud Novaja Zemlja rannikuvetesse.