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The reading was taken close to a ventilation hole, around which scientists have previously observed a strange cloud of dust. Researchers told the TV2 news channel they suspect the ventilation channel is in direct contact with the nuclear reactor inside the submarine, and that radiation is pulsing through it out into the sea.

NRK explained that the scientists are using the Ægir 6000 mini-sub used in this round of tests, which is expected to give more accurate readings than older equipment.

1 posted on 07/10/2019 1:19:29 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Yikes


2 posted on 07/10/2019 1:20:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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For some reason, that seems high.


3 posted on 07/10/2019 1:23:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where does it say in the Constitution anyone is entitled to the property another has labored for?)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Socialism is the gift which keeps on giving.


5 posted on 07/10/2019 1:25:18 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-278_Komsomolets

K-278 had a double hull, the inner one being composed of titanium,

On 7 April 1989, while under the command of Captain 1st Rank Evgeny Vanin and running submerged at a depth of 335 metres (1,099 ft) about 180 kilometres (100 nmi) southwest of Bear Island (Norway),[4] fire broke out in the engine room due to a short-circuit,[5] and even though watertight doors were shut, the resulting fire spread through bulkhead cable penetrations. The reactor scrammed and propulsion was lost. Electrical problems spread as cables burned through, and control of the boat was threatened. An emergency ballast tank blow was performed and the submarine surfaced eleven minutes after the fire began. Distress calls were made, and most of the crew abandoned ship.
The fire continued to burn, fed by the compressed air system. At 15:15,[6] several hours after the boat surfaced, it sank in 1,680 metres (5,510 ft) of water,[citation needed] about 250 kilometres (135 nmi) SSW off Bear Island.[6] The commanding officer and four others who were still on board entered the escape capsule and ejected it. Only one of the five to reach the surface was able to leave the capsule and survive before it sank again in the rough seas.


6 posted on 07/10/2019 1:26:21 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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In US nuclear plants, fuel rods (both new and spent) are stored in “swimming pools” that put about 14 feet of water between the rods and people who work in the plants. That’s considered perfectly safe. A mile of water is a lot more than 14 feet, so I don’t think there is anything to worry about. In fact, I’ve long believed that the safest (and cheapest) way to dispose of nuclear waste is to dump it on some deep area of the sea floor. Instead, we spend many billions of dollars and decades of time trying to get approval to bury it in a salt mine in Nevada. Why?


10 posted on 07/10/2019 1:35:44 PM PDT by Stirner
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It shall resurrect Godzilla!!


12 posted on 07/10/2019 1:36:11 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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They should have bubble wrapped it and delivered it back to Soviet waters.


13 posted on 07/10/2019 1:40:59 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

What a horrible and frightening way for the crew to die. Submariners are a brave bunch.


18 posted on 07/10/2019 1:45:37 PM PDT by spudville
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“Godzira! Godzira!”

Wait.....this is Norway.

“Godzira, uff da! Godzira, uff da!”


23 posted on 07/10/2019 1:48:18 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Oh really?

What is the normal radiation level of a sunken Russian nuclear submarine?


28 posted on 07/10/2019 1:54:04 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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Assuming “normal” is defined as the natural background radiation, 100,000 times would be equivalent to radiation levels recorded in vicinity of Fukushima reactors during the accident there.


29 posted on 07/10/2019 1:54:42 PM PDT by C19fan
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37 posted on 07/10/2019 2:18:44 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Too much radiation on a Russian sub. Unexpected.


38 posted on 07/10/2019 2:19:30 PM PDT by lurk
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So what is the normal radiation level for a sunken Russian nuclear sub?


39 posted on 07/10/2019 2:24:37 PM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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Chernobyl Under the Sea ...


42 posted on 07/10/2019 2:57:56 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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You have a fueled nuclear reactor sitting at the bottom of a salt water ocean. What could possibly go wrong? Don’t worry it will all be good in about 100,000 years.


43 posted on 07/10/2019 3:11:33 PM PDT by Revel
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It’s a mile down - unless someone goes swimming down there, they’ll be fine regarding the radiation, but there won’t be much left of them from the pressure, though.


45 posted on 07/10/2019 3:26:37 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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I thought that fresh Tuna i ate last night tasted funny.


48 posted on 07/10/2019 6:34:57 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ivan sure loses a lot of boats.

That being said, its not really discussed how much we visit the Scorpion and Thresher to check on their environmental impact.

Last one I heard of was Bob Ballard was doing a check on Scorpion in mid ‘80s.

Both of those boats were pretty mangled, with the Scorpion have its after section telescoping into the rest of the pressure hull, presumably straight through the engineering spaces.

That could not have been good for the reactor....


50 posted on 07/10/2019 8:49:56 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Destroying the vestiges of the First Civil War is ensuring the Second.)
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Some music.

Kraftwerk - Radioactivity

51 posted on 07/11/2019 6:38:06 AM PDT by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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