Nuclear-powered vessel on fire in Russia
Pravda Ukraine
A fire broke out on the nuclear-powered freight vessel Sevmorput in Murmansk, which is docked at the Atomflot berth.
Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet, with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Murmansk Oblast
Details: According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the fire occurred in an area of 30 square metres.
Later, they reported that the fire on the Sevmorput nuclear-powered freight vessel in Murmansk had been extinguished, with no casualties.
Background: According to Atomflot’s website, the Sevmorput is Russia’s only icebreaking transport vessel with a nuclear power unit, built at the Butoma Zaliv shipyard in Kerch between 1982 and 1988.
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