Nuclear Submarine Fire Injures 6 In Maine

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Six people have been injured in a fire on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

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Comments

[TaiJi2]

02:49 PM on 07/23/2012

Come to find out, intentionally set by painter so he could go home early. What a country!

[alientotech]

06:35 PM on 05/25/2012

good thing it didn't happen while submerged on patrol

[baronblueberry]

10:09 AM on 05/25/2012

Living in Maine ,and being off the beaten path .When it comes to let's say Nuclear Disaster. We kinda of think, to qute a line from Frank Zappa, "It cant happen here". Well I'll be damned, looks like it could. And just might be happening here. Anyone out there testing for radiactive release into the air. I'am sure they would tell us if there was any,right?.

[Reiner-von-Sinn]

03:11 PM on 05/24/2012

Why is this on the crime page?

[JPETERB]

11:22 PM on 05/25/2012

Well, the use and possession of nuclear weapons is clearly a crime against humanity and all else that is good and holy. Look what we did to the people living in two cities of Japan just to scare Russia in 1944. Or the mass murder and crippling of the people and nation of Iraq, on just the most transparent of official lies. So this fits into the big picture as example of the possible possession of weapons of mass destruction on the sub, and with the conflagration, likely reckless endangerment of US citizens.

[fredrdr]

02:35 PM on 05/27/2012

Prior to entering a shipyard, all weapons are removed. All that remains are small arms. To answer, the use of nuclear weapons against Japan saved lives, both US and Japanese. If we had invaded the casualties would have been in the multiple millions. Japanese civilians were prepared to resist with their lives. As for post WWII our having them resulted in a cold war, that never went hot. Do I like them? No. Do I wish we could do away with them? Yes.

[Ember Firedog]

02:30 PM on 05/24/2012

Nuclear toys are very expensive.

[idyl]

12:40 PM on 05/24/2012

For list of sunken nuclear subs, many slowly leaking radiation to the ocean, here is a link.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/k19/radiation_main.html

In international waters off shore, what agency handles waste disposal and radiation clean-up? I'm surprised nobody has recommended yet they tow the ship out to sea, and sink it (where it can be forgotten and leak it's radiation away from the prying eyes of regulators). Out of sight and out of mind … few people will ever ask if their snow crab has been irradiated or not.

[fredrdr]

01:01 PM on 05/25/2012

Russians have done it for years. Also, the USAF has lost several nuclear weapons, including 4 of off Savannah. That may explain the oddly colored lobsters lately.

[GraphicMatt]

11:31 AM on 05/24/2012

Glad nobody was killed.

[Boobuzuela]

11:01 AM on 05/24/2012

Well, shoot, evarybode knews yu shud hav sumone with a far stankwasher standn nexet to sumone doin weddin work cos it maces sparcs fly everywere.

[Blissfully ignorant 2012]

01:45 PM on 05/24/2012

Yor speleeng is ahsome. Did u uze hooked on fonics?

[Val Mercy]

10:55 AM on 05/24/2012

Should've bought American!

[Jtt]

09:35 AM on 05/24/2012

"The ship's reactor was not operating at the time and was reportedly not affected."

One more time for the anti nuke cult.

[Bobby Smith]

10:51 AM on 05/24/2012

nuclear submarines catche fire every day?

[fredrdr]

01:02 PM on 05/25/2012

Rarely. It was a shipyard failure. Based on the information available it was a welder that did not have a properly set fire watch. The end result of a chain of events.

[Bobby Smith]

10:56 AM on 05/24/2012

One more time for the nuke cult,it's the stupidest way to boil water.

[Sing Out and Slap Iron]

09:25 AM on 05/24/2012

CAN I HAVE SOMETHING WITH THE WORD MIAMI IN IT NOT BE WEIRD?

[ussuri]

09:54 AM on 05/24/2012

what?

[fredrdr]

01:03 PM on 05/25/2012

The USS Miami is not, repeat not Florida. Although the name may be a curse. Retired CPO in Florida.

[Sarah Cuse]

09:23 AM on 05/24/2012

recent cuts to the Pentagon budget were responsible for the lack of fire extinguishers

[ussuri]

09:55 AM on 05/24/2012

also fire safety classes where canceled. no money for teachers.

[natureman44]

03:41 PM on 05/24/2012

The teachers are in school learning to read.

[Val Mercy]

10:54 AM on 05/24/2012

They're not cheap!

[yoyodyne666]

09:08 AM on 05/24/2012

It was al quesidillo i tell you, quick hide under your beds.

[ussuri]

10:00 AM on 05/24/2012

no "under the beds" on subs.
but it sounds like sound defense strategy .:)

[VileOverlord]

09:00 AM on 05/24/2012

While rare, fires do occur and this seems to be an opportunity for a news item.

[ussuri]

09:57 AM on 05/24/2012

how long did it take you to formulate this bs?

[VileOverlord]

01:17 PM on 05/24/2012

Ya want the period during my 20+ in the Navy or after.

[fredrdr]

01:05 PM on 05/25/2012

The only reason why it made the news is because its a slow day.

[tnlcallen]

09:00 AM on 05/24/2012

Even though the Reactor was probably never in any danger, it is always scary when you have a fire in the vicinity of one. The biggest concern isn't the fire, but interruption of power to the pumps that provide cooling to the reactor. In this case, the reactor has probably been shutdown long enough that you would have quite a bit of time to get cooling back before you had a real problem.

[natureman44]

04:04 PM on 05/24/2012

Spare pumps are always available in a ship yard. That pump could burn out and still no danger of a meltdown would occur if it was just the pump that was involved.