A fire has occurred at a nuclear facility in the US South Carolina has declared a state of emergency after a fire broke out at the Savannah River National Laboratory, located at the Savannah River Site nuclear complex. According to local media, the fire was accompanied by an "unfiltered radiological release at ground level". It is still unknown which substances could have penetrated the atmosphere and in what quantities. The US authorities restricted flights over the facility, blocked the entrances to the complex and imposed restrictions on train and river traffic. The fire has already been extinguished. The management of the facility claims that no radioactive contamination was detected outside the damaged building. The Savannah River site was previously used to produce materials for US nuclear weapons, including plutonium and tritium. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - read the news without interruptions and a VPN.

A fire has occurred at a nuclear facility in the US South Carolina has declared a state of emergency after a fire broke out at the Savannah River National Laboratory, located at the Savannah River Site nuclear complex. According to local media, the fire was accompanied by an "unfiltered radiological release at ground level". It is still unknown which substances could have penetrated the atmosphere and in what quantities. The US authorities restricted flights over the facility, blocked the entrances to the complex and imposed restrictions on train and river traffic. The fire has already been extinguished. The management of the facility claims that no radioactive contamination was detected outside the damaged building. The Savannah River site was previously used to produce materials for US nuclear weapons, including plutonium and tritium. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - read the news without interruptions and a VPN.