Newsworthy fire at US nuclear site A fire at a South Carolina site that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War has injured one person, US officials said. According to US officials, a fire broke out on Wednesday at the Savannah River site in South Carolina, which includes the Savannah River National Laboratory; A compound that produced plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and as a result superficially injured someone. The US Department of Energy announced without announcing the cause of the fire that the fire was extinguished, no contamination was reported and the injured worker was taken to the hospital. Following the fire at the nuclear site in South Carolina, the US Federal Aviation Administration temporarily restricted flights in this area. According to US media reports, rail, river and land travel has also been restricted in this area, and workers not involved in emergency response or shutdown operations are being held in shelters as a precaution. - Link.

Newsworthy fire at US nuclear site A fire at a South Carolina site that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War has injured one person, US officials said. According to US officials, a fire broke out on Wednesday at the Savannah River site in South Carolina, which includes the Savannah River National Laboratory; A compound that produced plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War, and as a result superficially injured someone. The US Department of Energy announced without announcing the cause of the fire that the fire was extinguished, no contamination was reported and the injured worker was taken to the hospital. Following the fire at the nuclear site in South Carolina, the US Federal Aviation Administration temporarily restricted flights in this area. According to US media reports, rail, river and land travel has also been restricted in this area, and workers not involved in emergency response or shutdown operations are being held in shelters as a precaution. - Link.