A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors and contaminated an entire town. - Newsworthy Events, Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of Shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostok. The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chornobyl disaster, spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean-up operation to remove more than 600 tones of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.  - Background Events, A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy. - Source,

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