Fire broke out late Wednesday aboard a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine docked at a shipyard in Maine. Officials at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the town of Kittery say the fire started in the USS Miami’s forward compartment. The submarine’s nuclear reactor was not operating at the time of the fire, and was unaffected. Seven […]
Fire Breaks Out On US Nuclear Sub
Posted May 24th, 2012 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
Fire broke out late Wednesday aboard a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy submarine docked at a shipyard in Maine. Officials at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the town of Kittery say the fire started in the USS Miami’s forward compartment. The submarine’s nuclear reactor was not operating at the time of the fire, and was unaffected. At […]
Russia Hands Over Nuclear Submarine to India
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Russia on Monday handed over a nuclear-powered submarine to India at a ceremony near the port of Vladivostok in the country’s Far East. The transfer ceremony was attended by Russian and Indian officials, but was closed to journalists. Moscow offered the Russian-built Nepra submarine to the Indian Navy on a 10-year lease at a cost […]
Russian Nuclear Submarine Fire is Extinguished
Posted December 30th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
Officials say firefighters have finally put out a blaze aboard a nuclear submarine docked in northern Russia, and that there has been no radiation leak. Authorities said Friday an undisclosed number of crew members monitoring temperatures and carbon dioxide levels inside the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine were not in danger. At least seven people, including firefighters, […]
Russian Military Says Nuclear Submarine Fire is Out
Posted December 30th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
The Russian military firefighters have extinguished a fire on the exterior of a nuclear submarine docked in a northern Russia shipyard, and there has been no radiation leak. An official said Friday an undisclosed number of crew members inside theYekaterinburg nuclear submarine were in no danger while it was burning. The official says they were […]
Russia Says Crew Inside Burning Submarine in No Danger
Posted December 30th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
The Russian military says crew members still inside a burning nuclear submarine docked in a northern Russia shipyard are not in any danger. An official said Friday the undisclosed number of crew members are monitoring temperatures and carbon dioxide levels inside theYekaterinburg nuclear submarine vessel to ensure its safety. The military says at least seven […]
Russian Nuclear Submarine Catches Fire
Posted December 29th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian nuclear submarine caught fire Thursday, but officials say there was no radiation leak and no one was injured. The fire on the Yekaterinburg submarine happened while the vessel was docked for repairs in the northern Murmansk region. The Russian Defense Ministry said all of the submarine’s weapons had been unloaded before the repairs […]
