The
article I read from Yahoo.com called “Fire Breaks Out on Russian Nuclear
Submarine” was truly fascinating. Early in the morning of Monday September 16th,
2013, a Russian submarine powered by nuclear reactors and known to be carrying nuclear
missiles caught fire in the Sea of Japan near Vladivostok, Russia. An official
of the Russian fleet commented on the incident and claimed the nuclear engines
were shut down and in safe condition and also that on this voyage there were no
missiles aboard the submarine. After the fire, it was a scan was conducted and
it was determined that there were no high radiation levels and no radioactivity
had contaminated the sea.
As I read this article, various things
jumped out at me. One thing that caught me off guard was the comments made by the
Russian Officials. It makes sense that the nuclear reactors were shut off in
the event of a fire but what is the likelihood a ship that usually carries up
to twenty-four nuclear missiles just so happened to not be carrying any
missiles at all? Highly unlikely, considering multiple anonymous reports
claimed that there were in fact a multitude of missiles on the submarine at the
time of the fire. Another thing that fascinated me about this article was the
tone it was written in, there was absolutely no concern about the drastic
effects that this disaster could have on the environment. If in fact there was
anywhere near twenty-four missiles on the ship, the effects could have been
worse than those of the BP oil spill. Overall I felt the article to be very
informational and personally very interesting.
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