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🧵A short #nuclear nightmare bedtime story!
I really shouldn't be reading this stuff before going to bed.
Following is an excerpt from "Russian Nuclear Power Plants for Marine Applications" by Ole Reistad & Povl L. Ølgaard from 2006👇
🧵A short #nuclear nightmare bedtime story!
I really shouldn't be reading this stuff before going to bed.
Following is an excerpt from "Russian Nuclear Power Plants for Marine Applications" by Ole Reistad & Povl L. Ølgaard from 2006👇
@CovertShores @Capt_Navy @RSS_40 @FORONAVAL @TayfunOzberk @SubBrief @USN_Submariner @TheSubHunter1 @EmbersOfSuns @R_P_one 1. "The first Alfa-class submarine K-64 became operational in 1970, but suffered a loss-of-coolant accident in 1972 when a leak developed between the secondary water-steam circuit and the primary liquid metal circuit, exposing the primary circuit to a pressure of 70 atm.
@CovertShores @Capt_Navy @RSS_40 @FORONAVAL @TayfunOzberk @SubBrief @USN_Submariner @TheSubHunter1 @EmbersOfSuns @R_P_one 2. As the pressure relief system failed to function, the high pressure caused a rupture of the piping of the primary circuit. Two tons of liquid metal coolant flowed out into the reactor compartment, where it solidified.
