Sunken Soviet nuclear sub leaking radiation into sea, researchers find

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Sunken Soviet nuclear sub leaking radiation into sea, researchers find

Norwegian researchers

have detected a possible radiation leak at the site where the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank 30 years ago.

K-278 Komsomolets

sank on April 7, 1989, after a fire broke out on board. Forty-two of the 69 crew members perished, and the boat sank to the depths with its onboard nuclear reactors and two torpedoes carrying plutonium-tipped warheads.

Researchers

collected a water sample on Monday that showed radiation levels 100,000 times higher than what is to be expected in normal seawater.

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/sunken-soviet-nuclear-sub-leaking-radiation-into-sea-researchers-find-2019-7?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral

Vannprøver viser radioaktive utslipp fra vrak av atomubåt – NRK Urix – Utenriksnyheter og -dokumentarer

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Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck’s Radiation 100K Higher Than Normal, Scientists Say – The Moscow Times

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/10/russian-nuclear-sub-wrecks-radiation-100k-higher-than-normal-scientists-say-a66341

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