Re: Accidents At Sea

[Franz Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 13:05 16.12.1998 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Radsafers,
>
>My present project requires research of ship accidents involving radioactive
>materials.  Accustomed to shipments by truck or train, I am having
difficulty in
>finding such references.  Can anyone help?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Brian Bailey
>H&R Technical Associates, Inc.
>(423) 483-0248
>bbailey@handrtech.com
>

I can only give a hint: many years ago during an accident a lot of uranium
hexa fluoride barrels were lost, of which only a part could be recovered or
found on the shore. I am rather sure it happened in or close to the English
channel. Maybe our British and French collegues remember it better.

Also quite a few nuclear powered submarines were lost.

Franz


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