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> The US Navy has operated reactors for 70 years with a perfect safety record Loss of the vessel is a unique concern for naval equipment. The reactors on the S
by itishappy 3y ago
> The US Navy has operated reactors for 70 years with a perfect safety record
Loss of the vessel is a unique concern for naval equipment. The reactors on the Scorpion and Thresher have been slowly diffusing into the environment for the past 50 years. I'd be interested to know how contamination from these compares to Fukushima.
- psunavy03 3y agoThe Navy periodically takes radioactivity measurements near the wrecks, and has never found anything out of the ordinary that I can find online.
- itishappy 3y agoThis report from 2019 agrees: > The conclusions of this report confirm the results of previous environmental monitoring expeditions and demonstrate that the THRESHER and SCORPION have had no discernible effect on the radioactivity in the environment https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/09/f66/NT-19-1.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/09/f66/NT-19-1....