This report starts with a discussion of the types of nuclear vessels accidents, in particular accidents which involve the nuclear propulsion systems. Available information on 61 reported nuclear ship events is considered. The ships are in almost all cases nuclear submarines. Only events that involve the sinking of vessels, the nuclear propulsion plants, radiation exposures, fires/explosions, sea-water leaks into the submarines, and sinking of vessels are considered. For each event, a summary of available information is presented, and comments are added. In some cases, the available information is not credible, and these events are neglected. A comparison is made between the reported Soviet accidents and information available on dumped and damaged Soviet naval reactors. An analysis is made of the accident and estimates are made of the accident probabilities which are found to be of the order of 10 to the -3rd power per ship reactor years. It is noted out that the consequences of nuclear ship accidents are fairly local and does in no way not approach the magnitude of the Chernobyl accident. It is emphasized that some of the information on which this report is based may not be correct. (au). (Atomindex citation 28:026137)


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