Two die in icebreaker fire
A fire aboard a Russian nuclear icebreaker has claimed two lives but did not damage the ship's reactor, which continues to operate normally.
Vaigach |
At the time of the fire, the ship was in the Yenisei bay on its way to the Kara Strait. It had departed from Dudinka and was breaking the way for the freight carrier Kapitan Danilkin along the Yenisei river that runs north through Siberia.
Vaigach's owner Rosatomflot has already announced its intention to pay compensation of at least RUB 1 million ($31,000) to families of the each deceased crewmember. The cause of the accident will now be fully investigated. Rosatom noted that at this stage the possibility of human error has not been ruled out.
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by World Nuclear News