️🇺🇸 The fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory near Aiken, South Carolina, released about 0.04 plutonium directly into the ground without any filtration system, according to emergency communications recordings, prompting a regional site emergency, the second most severe level on the US scale, before the fire was brought under control two hours after it was brought under control.
Authorities declared a state of emergency at 5:07 p.m. And neighboring counties were notified by radio at 5:39 p.m., when most counties said they never received the fax that was supposed to be sent as well, while the off-site radiation dose was marked "fixed" and no protective actions were recommended for nearby residents. Flash: Removed at 9:45 p.m. After measurements, no contamination was detected outside the site boundary, although the external dose was never officially determined, and workers are expected to report to work as usual on Thursday.