What Happens if a Nuclear Submarine Sinks?

What Happens if a Nuclear Submarine Sinks?
Losing a nuclear submarine at sea poses a danger to aquatic life and to humans who are in the vicinity of the fuel leak, but it is not as big a threat as one would expect it to be because the nuclear material onboard is well secured and water is a good absorber of radiation. The second USS Thresher, a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US.S. Navy, sank in 1963 during deep diving tests about 220 miles east of Boston, leading to more than 100 casualties. Another nuclear submarine, the USS Scorpion, was lost at sea in 1968, resulting in the death of 99 crewmen. K-99. K-8. K-27. K-219. K-159. K-278 Komsomolets. These are the names of some of the Russian nuclear-powered submarines that were lost at sea in the past few decades.

[tobythewhale]

still think there should be some kind of "burial" under stone and soil to limit wildlife from being affected

[tomcurda]

U-235 makes a nuclear weapon; not U-238