When the Navy found this sunken submarine, the crew was dead. Why were they just sitting there?

The H.S. Hunley crew corpses didn’t show any signs of a struggle or panic, which stumped scientists for 17 years. Researchers ...

Sunken Nuclear Submarine Is Continually Leaking Radioactive Material, but Experts Aren't Worried

Even with the ongoing leaks, researchers found, "There is little evidence of any accumulation" ...
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Sunken Soviet submarine is leaking radioactive material in the ocean

A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...

Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Quietly Leaking Radiation Decades Later, Study Finds

While the nuclear-powered attack sub’s reactor appears to be ‘corroded,’ years of collaboration with Russian authorities has ...

Continued monitoring of sunken Soviet submarine shows ongoing radioactive leakage, but little impact

In 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine Komsomolets sank to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, along with its ...
Physics World

Sunken nuclear submarine is leaking radioactive material intermittently

In April 1989 the Soviet Navy’s nuclear submarine Komsomolets caught fire while cruising 335 m beneath the surface of the ...
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Russia to raise sunken nuclear submarines over radiation fears

The rusted K-159 sank on its way to a shipyard in 2003, taking 800kg of nuclear fuel and nine Russian sailors to the seabed - The Bellona Foundation Russia has unveiled plans to raise two nuclear ...
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A Sunken Soviet Nuclear Sub Is Leaking Radiation into the Norwegian Sea

A high-resolution sonar scan of Komsomolets on the seafloor of the Norwegian Sea, also showing Ægir 6000 during operations ...
Nature

Sunken Soviet nuclear submarine’s radioactive release

In 1989, the Komsomolets burst into flames and sank, taking with it the plutonium in its nuclear reactor and two nuclear ...