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Washington Post
October 23, 2007
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Sailors on the submarine USS Hampton failed to do daily safety checks on the ship's nuclear reactor for a month and falsified records to cover up the omission, a Navy investigation shows.
It appears from a preliminary investigation that sailors in Submarine Squadron 11 had skipped the required analysis of the chemical and radiological properties of the Hampton's reactor for more than a month, even though a daily check is required.
Other members of the squadron discovered the lapse during a routine examination required as part of the redundancy built into the system so that problems are caught, Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Perry, a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon, said yesterday.
"There never was any danger to the crew or the public," Perry said.
The Navy Times quoted an unidentified source with knowledge of the investigation as saying that failing to measure and maintain the correct water chemistry in the reactor over the long term could cause corrosion in the propulsion system.
October 23, 2007
Pg. 8
Sailors on the submarine USS Hampton failed to do daily safety checks on the ship's nuclear reactor for a month and falsified records to cover up the omission, a Navy investigation shows.
It appears from a preliminary investigation that sailors in Submarine Squadron 11 had skipped the required analysis of the chemical and radiological properties of the Hampton's reactor for more than a month, even though a daily check is required.
Other members of the squadron discovered the lapse during a routine examination required as part of the redundancy built into the system so that problems are caught, Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Perry, a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon, said yesterday.
"There never was any danger to the crew or the public," Perry said.
The Navy Times quoted an unidentified source with knowledge of the investigation as saying that failing to measure and maintain the correct water chemistry in the reactor over the long term could cause corrosion in the propulsion system.