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Accident on Russian NUCLEAR sub suffocates 20
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by RayBanBro66 | November 9, 2008 at 01:51 pm
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MOSCOW (AP) -- The fire safety system on a brand-new Russian nuclear submarine accidentally turned on as the sub was being tested in the Sea of Japan, spewing a gas that suffocated 20 people and sent 21 others to the hospital, officials said Sunday.
The Russian Navy said the submarine itself was not damaged in Saturday's accident and returned to its base on Russia's Pacific coast under its own power Sunday. The accident also did not pose any radiation danger, the navy said.
Yet it was Russia's worst naval accident since torpedo explosions sank another nuclear-powered submarine, the Kursk, in the Barents Sea in 2000, killing all 118 seamen aboard.
My heart skips a beat when I hear the words "nuclear" and "accident" in the same sentence. Thankfully there was no radiation danger....at least according to the Russian Navy
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at 19:57 on November 9th, 2008
RayBanBro66, thanks for this story. However, it was published earlier at NowPublic, here. Perhaps you will consider adding your information to that story. Thanks.