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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 853 | Subject: 9-28 Naval Incident Pacific 09/28/82: The USS Sam Houston (SSN-609) spills less than 50 gallons of low-level radioactive water during a test while it is in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,Bremerton, Washington, undergoing routine maintenance, according to the Navy. The spill was stopped,the water was contained within the ship, and no radioactivity was released to the environment. The submarine's reactor was not operating. Two individuals were in the area during the spill and one of these individuals received low-level radioactive contamination. | ||
