Russia's Nuclear Submarine On Fire

Russia's Nuclear Submarine On Fire - Nuclear-powered submarine Fleet North of Yekaterinburg Russia caught fire while being NAVY repaired at the shipyards near the city of Murmansk, North Russia, Thursday (29/12/2011) or Friday night local time (30/12/2011) am WIB. Delta class submarine-improved in these are IV shipyard dry when one of the wooden structures at the shipyard on fire and the fire propagated to the outside of the submarine. The Ministry of Emergencies Russia claims no fatalities or wounded in the incident, and not found any leakage of radiation from nuclear reactors within the ship.

A spokesman for Russia's North Fleet AL Captain Vadim Serga said, there is no possibility of api propagate to the inside of the submarine. ' There is no possibility of api propagate through walls of the vessel, and there was no threat to the equipment inside the ship, ' demolished Serga. The Ministry of defence of Russia's nuclear reactors were added, becoming the main source of energy in the ship also is turned off and in safe. ' (Nuclear Reactor) power boat is turned off and is currently in safe conditions, '' said spokesman Igor Konashenkov Kemenhan Russia to Russia's national television.

Eleven firefighters were assisted by a fire ship and helicopter were reported to be on site to control the blaze. Local Media reported, if efforts to control the blaze failed, the ship will be prepared to dive. Yekaterinburg (K-84) is one of the eight nuclear-powered submarine class of the Delta-IV owned AL Russia, and all under the command of the Northern Fleet, based at Severomorsk, Northern Russia.

These ships became one of the backbone of Russia's nuclear arsenal and is able to carry 16 ballistic missiles of intercontinental travel Sineva (R-29RMU or SS-N-23 Skiff based NATO designations). Sineva missile carries a single 10 nuclear warheads each measuring 100 kilotons of TNT. According to news agency RIA Novosti, Russia plans to operate the submarines of the Soviet era it was up to 10 years.