DAMAGING FACTORS OF A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT AT THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE K-431 IN THE CHAZHMA BAY

摘要

This article concludes a series of analytical publications on the largest nuclear accident in the history of the nuclear fleet, which occurred on August 10, 1985 on a submarine in the Chazhma Bay situated in the Primorsky Krai. The damaging factors of a thermal explosion of the nuclear reactor and their impact on people, structures, and watercraft are considered. Of note is a special feature stemming from, along with radiation, factors that are characteristic of a nuclear explosion, and estimates of their intensity are given.