Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BBC E-mail: Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss

["Herve" <caribsub@coqui.net>]

I agree with you Ian,
the problem is that you cannot replace nuclear power so we have to accept it
because without it you got nothing , but for peroxyde there are other
solutions much safer.
Herve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Roxborough" <irox@ix.netcom.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BBC E-mail: Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk
loss


>
> I don't mean to under mine your warning, but more people
> have die as a results of nuclear submarine reactor incidents
> than with peroxide and we still use keep putting 'the old
> glow in the dark' in subs without any intention of stopping.
>
> (Granted, they are a lot more nuclear submarines in operation,
> but there has also been a lot more money and time spent
> reseaching atomic power.)
>
> From a lot of aspects H2O2 is safer because it isn't
> dumping lots of radio active stuff into our food chain.
>
> I think H2O2 has a place in the future of submarines, maybe
> used to power a small stirling engine, rather than a turbine
> or a rocket nozzel, maybe using it in a fuel cell (that
> could possibly also recharge O2 banks at the same time).
> i.e. take the energy out of the H2O2 in a slow controlled
> manner, also developing an peroxide engine that doesn't need
> high test peroxide to work would help with safety.
>
> Ian.
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:17:27 -0400
> "Herve" <caribsub@coqui.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Mark
> > it confirms what i knew
> > After the Russians had decided to remove from service all torpedoes
working
> > with peroxyde I beleive now , NOBODY in the world i using this chemical
> > inside a submarine, and every psubers should think about it
> > Herve.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Steed" <plutomark@astate.edu>
> > To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 11:33 AM
> > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BBC E-mail: Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk
loss
> >
> >
> > > Mark Steed saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should
see
> > it.
> > >
> > > ------------
> > > Message:
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------
> > >
> > > *Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss*
> > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/europe/2153484.stm>
> > >
> > > Russia confirms that leaky torpedo fuel caused the explosions that
sank
> > > the nuclear submarine Kursk in 2000 killing all of its 118 crew.
> > >
> > >
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