That Time an Underwater Mountain Nearly Took Out a Nuclear Sub

In 2005, the USS San Francisco slammed full speed into a massive mountain under the Pacific. How the stricken vessel narrowly ...
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This is how a 24,000-ton nuclear sub was lifted from the Arctic seafloor

A Russian nuclear submarine exploded and sank 108 meters deep in the Barents Sea, trapping two reactors, 24 missiles, and ...
The Diplomat

Fukushima and the ‘Lessons Learned’ From Nuclear Disasters

March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster happened in Japan. This major nuclear accident initially shook the international community of nuclear experts to its core. As ...
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From “Soviet” to “Japanese” nuclear disasters: the pitfalls of cultural exceptionalism

The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or ...