Scientific and technical problems of rehabilitation of former shore-based technological bases of the naval fleet

A survey is made of a former shore-based technological base of the naval fleet, transferred to the Ministry of Atomic Energy for ecological rehabilitation. The main sources of nuclear and radiation danger are determined. It is shown that a spontaneous chain reaction is possible when degraded fuel is removed from water-filled cells. A technology is proposed for safe removal. Combining the confrontational and experimental studies made possible to perform quickly and with small dose expenditures work in radiation and dangerous locations which are difficult to access and make recommendations for decreasing the γ-ray dose rate.