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Fine for violations at Nuclear Fuel Services uranium facility

Nuclear Fuel Services fined for incident at Tenn. facility | The News & Advance  Bryan Gentry  : September 03, 2010 Federal regulators have proposed a $140,000 fine against Nuclear Fuel Services, a branch of the Babcock & Wilcox Co. in Tennessee.The fine stems from regulatory violations in October 2009, when a chemical reaction unexpectedly accelerated and emitted a hot, dangerous gas and forced an evacuation at one part of NFS’s facility…..the violations occurred in an Erwin, Tenn., downblending facility, where NFS processes weapons-grade uranium until it can be made into nuclear fuel or disposed of….. Nuclear Fuel Services fined for incident at Tenn. facility | The News & Advance

September 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, Uranium, USA | antinuclear, nuclear technology, uranium