Y-12 building evacuated after uranium chip fire

A uranium chip fire was quickly extinguished Thursday, but the “operational emergency” forced the daylong evacuation of a facility at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant.
Mike Monnett, the public affairs chief for BWXT, the plant’s contractor, said there were no injuries to workers or damage to Building 9204-2E, where the fire occurred. None of the workers [...]

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