Temporary Reactor Vessel Storage in Russia
Added 2020-09-01 17:01:11 +0000 UTCIn every nuclear submarine lecture, I talk about reactor disposal in temporary and long term storage. This is what that looks like.
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That looks like some nice welding and painting work on the red cylinders.
2021-01-13 00:12:43 +0000 UTCMaybe the bow and stern are welded together so that the non-reactor parts of the boat can float and be towed around or tied up to a pier until they can be scrapped?
2020-09-12 18:54:58 +0000 UTCUsually non nuclear remains are scrapped, at least in the US Ship/Submarine Recycling Program (SRP)
Lord Rudsmore
2020-09-06 13:55:33 +0000 UTCThats interesting, I wonder why they didn't dispose of the bow and stern as scrap?
2020-09-02 20:00:59 +0000 UTCThe US equivalent storage is here https://goo.gl/maps/LPZCnAhfnFCQLJtW6 and the identity of some compartments are shown here http://navsource.org/archives/08/100/0857524.jpg
2020-09-02 16:34:39 +0000 UTCWhen I was aboard the USS Nimitz and Berthed at PSNS Bremerton, I could watch the de-commissioning process of submarines in a dry dock next to our ship. The boat was sectioned into three pieces, the reactor compartment was offset from the remaining Bow and Stern sections for a period of time. The reactor compartment was then removed from the dry dock and placed on a barge and secured. The remaining Bow and Stern Sections were then moved together and welded to create a foreshortened boat. Eventually the reactor compartment was towed off from the shipyard and the boat was tied up with a number of similar boats on a pier.
Antarctican
2020-09-01 21:40:15 +0000 UTChttps://goo.gl/maps/ExSszZcpXJP94akY8 - Google Maps link to Sadya-Guba in Murmansk Oblast where one of these storage facilities is located.. there's loads of them there. I think there is at least another one somewhere else, Kamchatka?
2020-09-01 20:59:43 +0000 UTCTo me, it looks like the red vehicle is a mobile power source for the blue sled, see the arm for managing the large cables/hoses going to the sled? Either electric/hydraulic. That's my guess.
2020-09-01 20:13:45 +0000 UTCRobert, I wondered the same. The obvious thought is some kind of fire appliance but it sure doesn't look like any fire engine I've ever seen. Second though it was maybe some kind of tug for moving the containers around on the tracks we can see. I'm curious to know if anyone knows what it actually is.
2020-09-01 20:05:47 +0000 UTCDoes anybody know what that red vehicle is? Looks pretty cool to me. I'd like to know more about it. Appears each wheel can pivot right on its centerline.
Robert Sanges
2020-09-01 18:37:53 +0000 UTCFascinating stuff, but then I think civilian reactor rods are stored in a similair matter. I just cannot get rid of the thought that these might start rusting due to neglect.
Mol Olsson
2020-09-01 17:29:23 +0000 UTC
