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Nuclear sub collides with boat

A fishing boat and a Russian nuclear-powered submarine collided off the country\'s Pacific coast, damaging the outer shell of the naval vessel but causing no ra...

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September 30, 2011 11:14 pm

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A fishing boat and a Russian nuclear-powered submarine collided off the country’s Pacific coast, damaging the outer shell of the naval vessel but causing no radiation leak, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday. According to Reuters, “the nuclear reactor of the submarine St George the Conqueror was unaffected and radiation levels after Wednesday’s incident in Avachin Bay off Kamchatka Peninsula were normal.”