.Moscow, Sep 16 (AFP) A
Russian nuclear-powered submarine undergoing repairs
at a Far East shipyard caught fire today, but its reactor
had long been shut off and posed no danger of radiation
leaks, officials said. The submarine Tomsk was
being repaired at a shipyard near the city of
Vladivostok when the fire broke out, the
defence ministry said in a
statement cited by Russian news agencies. 'Radiation in the area of
the emergency incident onboard the Tomsk is
normal, the reactor had been out of operation since the
submarine began undergoing repairs in 2011,' a source in the Far
East fleet told RIA Novosti. The fire was put out and
all staff evacuated, with no injuries, said the defence
ministry statement.
'According to preliminary data, the reason for the fire was violation of welding procedures,' it said. The submarine was being repaired in the Bolshoi Kamen
shipyard near the port of Vladivostok. In late 2011 a massive fire broke out on another nuclear submarine in Murmansk while it was under repairs, injuring nine people. Reports later said that the vessel was armed with long-range missiles.
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