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Wouldn't a nuclear powered ship sunk by enemy fire be a nuclear accident on its own? There would be a nuclear reactor on the seafloor, possibly a turned on one,
by pmontra 2mo ago
Wouldn't a nuclear powered ship sunk by enemy fire be a nuclear accident on its own? There would be a nuclear reactor on the seafloor, possibly a turned on one, surrounded by failed systems. I don't think it ever happened at war, but while I was looking for [1] I found a number of other incidents. I list them below
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster
[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0029549321003927 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00295...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-19
[4] https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/soviet-nuclear-submarine-sinks-atlantic https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/soviet-nucle...
[5] https://gizmodo.com/sunken-soviet-submarine-is-quietly-leaking-radiation-decades-later-study-finds-2000737006 https://gizmodo.com/sunken-soviet-submarine-is-quietly-leaki...
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_incident_off_Kildin_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_incident_off_Kildin_...
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_incident_off_Kola_Peninsula_(1993) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_incident_off_Kola_Pe...