The “incident” happened at Building 9212 of the Y-12 National Security Complex, according to the WVLT-TV in nearby Knoxville. Emergency crews responded to “a fire involving uranium,” the outlet reported. About 200 employees who work in the building were evacuated, as emergency crews reacted to handle the blaze.
-WiscoDave
Metal fire in a hood. Contained, controlled, no release. The only notable thing is that it's a uranium alloy; so some additional hazard from that, but again...in the hood, no release. Metal fires happen in labs; I've personally had four. Any could have been a real disaster, none were because of containment, training, and proper response. Ho hum. Poor training, no containment- people die and labs get burned out (see the Ca postdoc incident). Reporting is overblown; this 'blaze' was likely about the size of a burning pine cone in a flower pot, and was behind layers of shielding.
ReplyDeleteMust have been quite a fire, considering that Uranium burns at a little over 1100 F.
ReplyDeleteAnd you do not want to put water on it.
Good thing shillary sold before the fire to Russia...
ReplyDeleteIn a couple of months Ken will tell us his pecker fell off.
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I live 'bout 6 miles from the Y12 plant. As Anon. 9:56 noted "the system" worked. At least until they "diversify" the Y12 staff.
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