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Investigating the “Ghosts of the Ocean” Continued from page 56 Britain, France and China possess, in emitted by killer whales during total, 160 such submarines. mating, but the kvakeri disappeared According to Smirnov, the The Arctic has become a graveyard by 1985 and killer whales keep on appearance of kvakeri is associated for the once mighty and feared fleet mating. with a change in the structure of of Soviet nuclear-powered Other researchers (such as those water. Depending on the submarines. at the Russian Academy of Sciences, temperature (which can change due Perhaps the kvakeri were attracted St Petersburg, who had been to the Sun's radiation, weather to the nuclear submarines in general involved in the kvakeri project) conditions and currents), water because of the unpredictable believed that the mysterious acquires different characteristics. ecological hazards posed to the phenomenon was an unknown Among them is its ability to change environment by such vessels. creature with a high level of volume, and this change creates the Nuclear submarines everywhere are intelligence—not a _ mythical croaking sounds and luminescence. extremely prone to disaster. creature, but an undiscovered This process is invisible on a small After all, Soviet and Russian underwater animal. scale, but in the huge expanse Perhaps the Soviet Navy, not of the ocean it is displayed interested in ichthyology, as inctively. A passing vessel In Russia, anything related to accepted this point of view, isturbs water and stimulates f because in the early 1980s the its transition from one state the nation’s naval kvakeri research program was into another. . . abruptly terminated. The luminescence of the intelligence and Special research groups were water can be explained from counterintelligence files will disbanded, and the officers the point of view of physics; in +6 who had worked there were short, it is visible when there is not be declassified given other assignments. Al a concentration of the energy any time soon. the collected information and of a large number of disturbed data were marked Top Secre molecules. and locked away in nava The process can start in one archives. area and gradually spread, creating nuclear submarines have used Neither Vadim Kulinchenko nor revolving radiant spiral wheels, enriched uranium for fuel (some as_ other former Soviet officers of his circles and so on. Smirnov found _ highly enriched as 90 per cent). The rank know why the program was shu confirmations of his theory inthe spent fuel is tremendously down. The reasons why the results fact that kvakeri are spread around radioactive and contains unburned, of the research have been classified throughout the global oceans, do highly enriched uranium, plutonium are quite obvious: Soviet and not have permanent coordinates and and fission products. Russian Russian state military secrets are travel with water currents. submarines in the Arctic are involved. They are not very dangerous, corroding and sinking as their although the phenomenon does _ reactor compartments fill with water, Research Files Remain Classified generate electromagnetic radiation foreshadowing an_ ecological On 30 July 2009, the Main Staff of that can cause interference, for catastrophe. the Russian Federation's Navy example in the functioning of issued a statement that there are no electronic equipment. Soviet Research Program official documents on encounters Trenntn nen Lateraan Onviat ahinag and water. In Russia, anything related to the nation’s naval intelligence and counterintelligence files will not be declassified nuclear submarines have used enriched uranium for fuel (some as highly enriched as 90 per cent). The spent fuel is tremendously radioactive and contains unburned, highly enriched uranium, plutonium and fission products. Russian submarines in the Arctic are corroding and sinking as their reactor compartments fill with water, foreshadowing an_ ecological catastrophe. Research Files Remain Classified On 30 July 2009, the Main Staff o the Russian Federation's Navy issued a statement that there are no official documents on encounters between Soviet ships and submarines with unidentified objects. The source in the Russian nava command said that rumours may arise because commanding officers of ships and submarines must report all objects that cannot be classified but are observed visually and on radar screens. In such cases, schools of fish, floating rubbish and natura an Soviet Research Program Terminated At the close of 1970s, a scientific conference on the kvakeri was conducted by the Soviet Navy, but the participants were not able to reach any definitive conclusions. The Soviets even attempted to communicate with the kvakeri, but were never able to identify whether the reaction from the phenomenon was intelligent. Some believed the sound was that Warning of Ecological Catastrophe According to the World Nuclear Association, at the end of the Cold War in 1989 there were over 400 nuclear-powered submarines operational or being built worldwide. At least 300 of these submarines have now been scrapped, and some on order have been cancelled due to weapons reduction programs. 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