Russian Nuclear Icebreaker fire

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

This was found on Reuters News service this evening.. provided for 
information.


  MOSCOW  - One crew member was killed when a fire  
broke out aboard a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker early 
Monday, Russian news agencies said. 
  The shipping company said the nuclear reactor powering the  
ship was not affected by the fire, which broke out in a cabin, 
and there was no leak of radiation, the Itar-Tass news agency 
said. 
  The crew extinguished the blaze within 30 minutes, but could  
not save the life of the mechanic whose cabin caught fire. 
  The ship, the Yamal, was operating out of the port of  
Murmansk, near Russia's border with Norway and well to the north of
the Arctic Circle. 

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