Amur Shipbuilding Plant to get second order for submarine

The Governor of the Khabarovskiy Territory Viktor ISHAYEV reported at the press-conference on Monday that at the meeting with Minister of Defense Anatoliy SERDUKOV an agreement on building the second after “Nerpa” nuclear submarine was made, “Kommersant” reports. The Governor also offered to use it in Russian Navy. On November 8 at the submarine “Nerpa,” being tested, fire suppression system suddenly worked, and as a result emission of Freon happened. It caused death of 20 people: three military men and 17 civil experts. At present time investigation works up a version that the tragedy happened because of wrong actions of a seaman, who not correctly calibrated air temperature sensors in the second compartment of the submarine. Because of rapid increase of temperature, fire suppression system turned on.