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According to the Russian federal nuclear power agency 148 out of 197 decommissioned Soviet-era nuclear submarines have been dismantled, RIA Novosti news agency reported December 28.
Russia has signed cooperation agreements on the disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines with the US, Britain, Canada, Japan, Italy and Norway.
An official said Russia dismantles 18 nuclear submarines annually noticing that it costs about $7 million to dismantle one nuclear submarine.
