MOSCOW, July 26 (RIA Novosti) - A small feed-water leak has occurred at a power reactor on board a Northern Fleet nuclear submarine, but the radiation level remained within the norm, a Navy spokesman said.
Igor Dygalo said the incident occurred on Wednesday at the Vidyayevo base in the Murmansk Region (northern Russia) when one of the submarines was undergoing scheduled repairs.
�The incident was dealt with quickly,� Dygalo said. �Radiation levels within the submarine and outside remain normal. No environmental pollution has been registered.�
Vidyayevo was the home base of the now lost K-141 Kursk (an Oscar-II class). Naval radioactive waste storage facilities are also located at the base.
