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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by omginternets on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:10PM (#32290365)
>We had a pipe break and start to flood the sub, but that wasn't nuclear related.

That sounds absolutely terrifying. How did you guys end up fixing it?

>In the shipyard we had an incident where the neutron detector pegged high but it was determined to be caused by TIG welding.

Neat! :)

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by mwattsun on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:00PM (#32292452)
People on submarines tend to know the systems they are responsible for very well since their life may depend on it. In this case they knew which valves to turn to stop the flow.
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