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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Nuclear submarine on fire

Oscar II class submarineNuclear powered submarine "Krasnodar" on fire during decommissioning work at the naval yard Nerpa north of Murmansk Monday morning. The submarine is the sistership of "Kursk" of the Oscar-II class and has two nuclear reactors.

Heavy black smoke rises to the sky from a dock where “Krasnodar” currently is undergoing decommissioning. Nerpa shipyard is located north of Murmansk inside the closed military area.

“Krasnodar” was one of the very last Cold War submarines to be taken out of operation for scrapping in 2012.

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