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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Royal Navy to allow female sailors on subs (after fears over affects of nuclear reactors)

Trafalgar-class submarineThe Royal Navy is preparing to allow women to serve on its submarine fleet for the first time, defence sources say.

The final barrier to allowing females aboard Britain's 11 nuclear submarines has been broken down after a report found that life aboard a submarine would not adversely affect pregnant women.

Previously, accepted thinking was that recycled air and living and working so close to a nuclear reactor would affect unborn babies. But this has been dispelled.

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