cliveersknell
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How much progress has China done in implementing the gas cooled reactors on her nuclear subs?
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No way of knowing. But I don't sense that it is that high a priority though it is in serious consideration no doubt (pebble bed HTGR means you don't have to refit a sub to refuel it---it can be refueled while operating). I think the HTGR focus is towards something much more immediate to China's needs, which is its own national energy use.
They have already stopped Song production early as last year. Actually I'm a bit surprised they stopped since by PLA measure, it is a successful design (after all the mods). The Yuan had initial setbacks being a new design, so it took a little time to figure things out. But that's typical of all new designs. Some of this new and unchartered territory is probably because the Yuan is reported to be using AIP. Now it seems the Yuan is fixed and that's where the production is going.
T039 production line stopped mid last year, having a short period of no conventional submarines being built is what i recalled giving focus to patching the issues in the T039A cause of its tricky AIP system. The 2003 incident involving T035 AIP testing slowed the program down abit. Though from Chinese sites production line is running fairly average, with full production expected late this year.
What 2003 incident? Was that with a Song? I remember hearing something about an incident with a Song around that time.
1. The incident where Ming class submarine 361 was found with the sub all intact in the surface of the water, but the crew is all dead.
2. There was a Chinese report from a publication that states the Yuan has Stirling AIP propulsion, and no I don't know if that is the cause of the Yuan's problems. I think any new ship will have its share of teething problems. That's natural.
2. There was a Chinese report from a publication that states the Yuan has Stirling AIP propulsion, and no I don't know if that is the cause of the Yuan's problems. I think any new ship will have its share of teething problems. That's natural.
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I wonder how much the 2003 disaster set back the AIP efforts?
BTW, how did they get inside the sub if everyone inside was dead? Cut their way through the hatches?
BTW, how did they get inside the sub if everyone inside was dead? Cut their way through the hatches?
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They probably lifted the submarine to the surface with pontoons or something else, and entered via the emergency escape hatches, which on Western and Russian submarines, can be opened from the outside.
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