Nuclear reactors and pollution

05-12-06, 11:17 AM

This may have been discussed before, apologies if it has. Though I wanted to know: what happens if a nuclear sub goes down near a coastline? Let's say 200 miles off the coast of an inhabited coastal town/beach resort and say 500 metre depth? Would the radioactive slick be lethal? And at what range?
Would the salty sea water combined with the pressure be enough to subdue any real pollution?

Must've been quite a dillema trying to stop Soviet boomers reaching American shoreline in the Cold War. Or was it? :hmm:

05-12-06, 11:17 AM	#1
Kurushio Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Nuclear reactors and pollution This may have been discussed before, apologies if it has. Though I wanted to know: what happens if a nuclear sub goes down near a coastline? Let's say 200 miles off the coast of an inhabited coastal town/beach resort and say 500 metre depth? Would the radioactive slick be lethal? And at what range? Would the salty sea water combined with the pressure be enough to subdue any real pollution? Must've been quite a dillema trying to stop Soviet boomers reaching American shoreline in the Cold War. Or was it? :hmm: