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Sunken Sub

Author:	David Carter-Tod
Posted:	8/18/2000; 7:37:30 AM
Topic:	Sunken Sub
Msg #:	19819
Prev/Next:	19818 / 19820

Al has an amazing story today on how one Russian man saved the Eastern US from a Chernobyl-scale nuclear accident:

"The K-219 was armed with nuclear weapons; a secondary explosion could have spread fallout all along the Eastern seaboard of the US. The resulting fire caused the remote controls for the reactors to fail and two men were sent to hand-crank the control rods into place. One man collapsed and was evacuated; the other stayed to shut down the last reactor and prevent a meltdown. The sub was then scuttled.

Sergei Preminin, 1966-1986. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis"

Just felt like it needed wider dissemination.

David

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