05-03-2010, 02:34 PM
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Nice Kitty
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The good old USA!!!
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
2 US Nuclear subs have gone down, neither because of the power plant
and it's been decades since that happened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(SSN-589)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593)
We had drills all the time, they are very safe and monitored.
I wore a badge that monitored radiation, I didn't get very much at all, no one did
Underway, no one had colds, because of the purified air. We drank water that was so pure, it barely had any flavor
If you have interest in it, read about this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover
here's the sub I was on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tautog_(SSN-639)
If that explains alot, then I would say you know nothing about it, but that has never stopped you before
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Thanks for the links. BTW...I have been aware of Admiral Rickover's career. He was a bigger than life character...along the lines of many other bigger than life military characters.
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