Uranium chips at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant spontaneously caught fire

[BurtWorm]

Uranium chips at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant spontaneously caught fire Thursday and the small blaze was quickly extinguished, officials said. No workers were injured or contaminated by radiation and no damage was done to the building, said Bill Wilburn, spokesman for BWXT Y-12, the managing contractor for the Department of Energy facility. The building, where about 150 people work, was evacuated. "The fire occurred as workers were transferring uranium chips from one container to another and the chips were exposed to air," Wilburn said. Employees extinguished the fire with powdered graphite before the plant's fire department arrived. An investigation was under way. The Y-12 plant makes parts from highly enriched uranium for every warhead in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It also is the country's primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium.

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[nebenaube]

1. the following was a natiional security leak...

It also is the country's primary storehouse for bomb-grade uranium. Probably not a good comment...

[eggplant]

2. Oh please.

Anyone who didn't already know what Y-12 is all about isn't interested in acquiring uranium.