List of Sunken Nuclear Submarines

[raiha]

I came across this in an effort to put Fukushima into perspective. I did not know about any of these. I knew the Russians threw their waste into the sea but never heard about the subs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sunken_nuclear_submarines

No wonder the whales keep trying to beach themselves. I would too if I were a whale.

[kpitcher]

There was a documentary on not long ago about Ballard being hired to find 2 of these with the Titanic search as a cover. He found them and then only had 2 weeks to find the Titanic. It said they're monitored yearly for radiation, so far as they haven't found any leaking they haven't tried to figure out a way to haul up the appropriate wreckage. I think the scorpion had a few nuke torpedoes also.

Interesting watch.

[Matt Collins]

If they are at the bottom of the ocean, leaking radiation would not be a problem other than in the very localized area.

[eduardo89]

Hasn't the Kursk been there for like 15 years without any real problems?

[raiha]

There was a documentary on not long ago about Ballard being hired to find 2 of these with the Titanic search as a cover. He found them and then only had 2 weeks to find the Titanic. It said they're monitored yearly for radiation, so far as they haven't found any leaking they haven't tried to figure out a way to haul up the appropriate wreckage. I think the scorpion had a few nuke torpedoes also.

Interesting watch.

Can you remember what it was called?

[kpitcher]

It appears it was a national geographic show http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/finding-history/3570/Overview

A bit more news on it here

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080602-titanic-secret.html

[raiha]

thanks. :)