What is Andreeva Bay?
'''Andreeva Bay''' is a [[bay]] in [[Murmansk Oblast]], Russia. The bay is a [[radioactive waste]] [[wiktionary:repository|repository]] (or a place to store things). As of 2022, the cleaning up of [[nuclear waste]] is not complete; [[Russia|Russian]] authorities said in May 2022 that half of the nuclear waste has been cleaned up in the last 5 years.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/russland-dropper-atomsamarbeidet_-men-vil-rydde-i-avfall-og-heve-ubater-selv-1.15984435. [[NRK]].no. Retrieved 31 May 2022</ref> ==History== The bay became a radioactive waste [[wiktionary:repository|repository]] in 1961. The bay is 55 km (34 mi) northwest of [[Murmansk]] (city) and 60 km (37 mi) from the Norwegian border, on the western shore of the [[:en:Zapadnaya_Litsa|Zapadnaya Litsa]] ([[:en:Kola_Peninsula|Kola Peninsula]]). In February 1982, the [[:en:Andreev_Bay_nuclear_accident|Andreev Bay nuclear accident]] happened. In 2022, NRK.no published a photo of a [[crane]]; The website says that the crane has removed half of the nuclear waste from the bay. ==Sources== {{reflist}} [[Category:Bodies of water of Russia]] [[Category:Murmansk Oblast]] [[Category:Bays of Europe]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}