11.   That would involve cutting holes in the reactor compartment and taking water samples.

12.   The goal is to provide information to help Russia develop a plan to store its reactor compartments on land.

13.   The reactor compartments, minus their spent fuel, are floated by barge up the Columbia River to the Port of Benton.

14.   The United States is the only nation with long-term experience in storing reactor compartments from submarines on land.

15.   There are concerns that with corrosion, the reactor compartments could take on enough water to sink and contaminate ocean water.