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Fire breaks out at FitzPatrick Nuclear Station via News 9

Posted on 2012/11/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LYCOMING, NY (WSYR-TV) – An “unusual event” was declared at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County after a transformer fire Sunday morning. The fire broke out in a main transformer and was put out by 6:30 a.m. The … Continue reading →

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Nuclear submarine fire figures revealed via BBC

Posted on 2012/07/08 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

There have been 266 fires on nuclear submarines in the past 25 years, the Ministry of Defence has revealed. The incidents included 74 on ballistic missile submarines. Three happened while the vessels were in naval bases; one of these was … Continue reading →

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Russian nuclear submarine catches fire at dockyard via Reuters

Posted on 2011/12/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – A fire broke out aboard a Russian nuclear submarine during repair work at a shipyard on Thursday but emergency officials said radiation levels were normal. A navy spokesman said all the weapons had been removed from the Yekaterinburg … Continue reading →

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Research reactor ceiling catches fire via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/12/21 by norma field

MITO, Ibaraki Pref. — A fire Tuesday partially burned the ceiling of a building housing a nuclear reactor in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, the prefectural government and the reactor’s operator said. The fire broke out at around 9:30 a.m. and was … Continue reading →

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