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Russian nuclear submarine catches fire
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STORY: A fire broke out aboard a Russian nuclear submarine during repair work at a shipyard on Thursday (December 29) but emergency officials said radiation levels were normal.
A Russian Navy spokesman said all the weapons had been removed from the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine, which launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea as recently as July, before repair work started, Interfax news agency reported.
The Defence Ministry said the nuclear reactor had been shut down.
The fire is believed to have started when wooden scaffolding caught fire during repairs to the K-84 submarine, which some Russian news agencies said had been hoisted into a dry dock.
Russia's worst post-Soviet submarine disaster occurred in August 2000 when the Kursk nuclear submarine sank in the Barents Sea killing all 118 crew aboard.
STORY: A fire broke out aboard a Russian nuclear submarine during repair work at a shipyard on Thursday (December 29) but emergency officials said radiation levels were normal.
A Russian Navy spokesman said all the weapons had been removed from the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine, which launched a ballistic missile from the Barents Sea as recently as July, before repair work started, Interfax news agency reported.
The Defence Ministry said the nuclear reactor had been shut down.
The fire is believed to have started when wooden scaffolding caught fire during repairs to the K-84 submarine, which some Russian news agencies said had been hoisted into a dry dock.
Russia's worst post-Soviet submarine disaster occurred in August 2000 when the Kursk nuclear submarine sank in the Barents Sea killing all 118 crew aboard.
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