EXCLUSIVE: How do you dismantle a nuclear sub?

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Nicknamed 'the silent service', nuclear submarines are used to patrol the oceans and seas, armed with numerous weapons and capable of spending months underwater.

However, one question has been grappled with for decades: what do you do with a nuclear submarine when it has gone out of service?

Well, the UK is attempting a world first – to dismantle and cut up one of the vessels.

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