A nuclear accident in the Barents sea
A nuclear accident in the Barents sea CNBC, citing sources reported that Russia will try to find a place of falling of a rocket with a nuclear facility, which happened at the end of 2017 during unsuccessful trials in the Barents sea. About the accidents and disasters of military equipment from nuclear power plants in the region — in the material “Kommersant”. Upstairs 24 may 1968 in the Barents sea crashed nuclear attack submarine K-27. Five people were killed, 140 escaped. The reactor was not plugged in time, happened the release of radioactive gases that spread through the compartments. In the reactor compartment background radiation was up to 1,000 roentgens per hour, in the area of steam generators — 1500 roentgens per hour (75 thousand times higher than normal). Submarine not sunk, but was declared unfit for use. 18 Oct 1976 in the Barents sea on a nuclear attack submarine