How a Nuclear Sub Disaster Impacted This Soviet Operation

Name: How a Nuclear Sub Disaster Impacted This Soviet Operation
Uploaded: 2019-01-23
Duration: 216990
Description: A reactor failure on a K-19 nuclear sub in 1961 ended up killing several crew members due to radiation poisoning. It was a horrifying episode that would have ramifications for a later, top-secret Soviet operation.

A reactor failure on a K-19 nuclear sub in 1961 ended up killing several crew members due to radiation poisoning. It was a horrifying episode that would have ramifications for a later, top-secret Soviet operation. (03:36)