Submarine Fleet
Discussion
A few years ago our offices were becoming very full and we were looking around for larger premises.
There was a suggestion of mooring a few of these decommissioned boats in the docks near the office and moving all the ex submariners onboard.
The ex matelots seemed okay with this on the condition that they received sea pay
There was a suggestion of mooring a few of these decommissioned boats in the docks near the office and moving all the ex submariners onboard.
The ex matelots seemed okay with this on the condition that they received sea pay
McGee_22 said:
Wow that's scandalous.I thought it was the russians with the ticking time bomb nuclear vessel disposal problem that we should be most concerned about
That actually shifts my opinion a little on the debate on whether we should operate these types of vessel.
Teddy Lop said:
Wow that's scandalous.
I thought it was the russians with the ticking time bomb nuclear vessel disposal problem that we should be most concerned about
That actually shifts my opinion a little on the debate on whether we should operate these types of vessel.
Scandalous? Not really - wander up onto the granite moors of Devon and Cornwall and you'll get a higher dose of radiation than if you stand on the casing of one of those old hulks.I thought it was the russians with the ticking time bomb nuclear vessel disposal problem that we should be most concerned about
That actually shifts my opinion a little on the debate on whether we should operate these types of vessel.
Time consuming and technically difficult to dispose of a submarine - certainly; but once they've done the first one (Swiftsure?) they'll fully develop the program and get cracking on the rest.
McGee_22 said:
Scandalous? Not really - wander up onto the granite moors of Devon and Cornwall and you'll get a higher dose of radiation than if you stand on the casing of one of those old hulks.
Time consuming and technically difficult to dispose of a submarine - certainly; but once they've done the first one (Swiftsure?) they'll fully develop the program and get cracking on the rest.
"Get cracking" in the mind of a nuclear engineer means somewhere between 3-5 years if it's not too complicated, or decades if requires more paperwork! Time consuming and technically difficult to dispose of a submarine - certainly; but once they've done the first one (Swiftsure?) they'll fully develop the program and get cracking on the rest.
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