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14 Russian sailors dead after fire on a nuclear submarine
- Thread starter SantaC
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Before we jump to nuclear disaster, there's a lot of stuff to go wrong on a submarine. A fire could be started by anything from bad batteries to the kitchen.
Uhh, why? Submarine reactors are some of the safest that exist, for obvious reasons.
Emergency surfacing/blow failure?
Edit - looks like it was contained to a compartment maybe?
The sub is back at a port according to the article.
Edit - looks like it was contained to a compartment maybe?
The sub is back at a port according to the article.
You've seen one TV show and everything nuclear related becomes "Chernobyl levels" scary? Lol, this is not even Kursk level.
I don't mean to join the pile, but don't be the guy that always assumes the worst in any given situation. It's a warship. It's made to deal with worse.
I'll take the core. At least if it explodes it'll be the least painless
Came here to post this like WTF why is this not bigger news?
Seriously This could have been Chernobyl x 10 on sea.
Insane.
off course I'm. :P
Just saying that I think it would be bigger news, but guess I might be in the minority on this.
I heard about it yesterday on the news. I think every time people hear "nuclear", they enter a state of panic that is not always justified. As for this case, I'm not an expert, so I don't know. Sad thing what happened to these men. These machines of destruction should ideally not exist anyway.
A nuclear sub being sunk isn't nearly as big as Chernobyl.
There are currently over 8 nuclear subs that are laying on the bottom of the ocean with the reactors in them.
The cooling of the water and dilution of the ocean makes it fairly benign, they aren't going to go critical and what leaks out will be highly diluted by the ocean.
There are currently over 8 nuclear subs that are laying on the bottom of the ocean with the reactors in them.
The cooling of the water and dilution of the ocean makes it fairly benign, they aren't going to go critical and what leaks out will be highly diluted by the ocean.
Maybe shouldn't post ridiculous false BS if you don't know what you're taking about.
I suspect the PR team wanted something that sounded better than "These 14 unfortunate souls died in vain on a poorly made ship meant to maintain the illusion that Russia is more than a failed state."
Reading that article, does Russia suffer from an unusually high amount of accidental military deaths?
All military's do
Vehicle crashes, be it Air transport or by sea, happen often.
