Yesterday I reread all of NOSI, in preparation for writing a year-end summary. I came across the following two stories, which due to typos were not linked correctly and therefore could not be read. I therefore resubmit them to you for your reading pleasure???

Russian Navy – A fascinating seismic analysis of the Kursk’s explosions from Terry Wallace and Dr. Keith Koper at the University of Arizona, which estimates the force of the explosion to be between 0.5 and 1 ton. I am grateful to Micha Schellingerhout from the Netherlands for sharing this!

• University of Arizona: Forensic Seismology and the Sinking of the Kursk

Royal Navy – it has been discovered that HMS Tireless, the Trafalgar-class nuclear attack submarine currently docked in Gibraltar awaiting repairs, was much closer to a meltdown of its nuclear reactor than was previously admittted.

• Times of London: Nuclear sub ‘came close to meltdown’