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Officials: No injuries, release of radioactivity after uranium fire at Y-12 in Oak Ridge
WATE 6 News ^ | Feb 22, 2023 | Gregory Raucoules

Posted on 02/22/2023 11:11:16 AM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Officials with Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge said there were no injuries nor any indication of a release of radioactivity after a fire involving uranium occurred early Wednesday.

According to a release from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, the fire occurred at 9:14 a.m. Steven Wyatt with NNSA said that there was a hood fire in Building 9212, a uranium procession facility. The building and some nearby areas were evacuated.

Tony Boser, a technical adviser, said that the fire was in a processing area and it was contained to that area. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Patterson said an investigation is ongoing.

All employees have been accounted for and there were no injuries, Consolidated Nuclear Security spokesperson Gene Patterson said.

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KEYWORDS: fire; oakridge; uranium; y12
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Maybe nothing, but who knows.
1 posted on 02/22/2023 11:11:16 AM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Believe nothing, trust no one. We will only be told the party’s narrative.


2 posted on 02/22/2023 11:13:51 AM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Very unlikely the uranium burned.


3 posted on 02/22/2023 11:14:23 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein
The Dims are switching gears again. They're migrating back to nuclear-is-dangerous mode. Too many of us conservatives joined them in saying coal is a pollutant, but nuclear is something we can all agree on. The Dims can't go with that. They have to make uranium dangerous.

It's never about energy or pollution or globull warming. It's always about government control over us. Energy is just one way they implement it.

4 posted on 02/22/2023 11:14:28 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Lots of enemies out there foreign and domestic.


5 posted on 02/22/2023 11:15:03 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Spent many days in the 80’s working as a contractor in 9212. That was back when classified information was taken seriously.


6 posted on 02/22/2023 11:18:52 AM PST by Starstruck ( Living life, Binge watching re-runs of actual history.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Ohio, Oakridge, who’s next?...............


7 posted on 02/22/2023 11:21:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Ugh! I’m 30-45 minutes from Oak Ridge.


8 posted on 02/22/2023 11:24:14 AM PST by Melinda in TN
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

” listen folks,, the best way to protect yourself from chemical exposure from the train derailments and uranium fires ,,, is to get vaxinated “

-Joe Biden


9 posted on 02/22/2023 11:24:37 AM PST by afchief
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To: Melinda in TN

Which way is the wind blowing?....................🤔🤦‍♂️


10 posted on 02/22/2023 11:25:30 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Melinda in TN

Has the EPA told everyone the air and water are safe yet?.................


11 posted on 02/22/2023 11:26:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Ohio, Oakridge, who’s next?...

What's the name of that offshore facility where the US stores Polio and other nasty bugs?

12 posted on 02/22/2023 11:26:45 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Haiti?............................


13 posted on 02/22/2023 11:27:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Right towards me.


14 posted on 02/22/2023 11:27:17 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein
Back in the 70’s I was a vet tech in a couple of the research facilities at ORNL and worked as a vet tech for the veterinary school procuring animals for the vet students from the animal shelter at Oak Ridge....some of the dogs registered on the Geiger we had...
15 posted on 02/22/2023 11:27:21 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Red Badger

17mph SSW right now.


16 posted on 02/22/2023 11:29:13 AM PST by Melinda in TN
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t even know about it until I saw it in here. I’m between Knoxville and Chattanooga.


17 posted on 02/22/2023 11:30:23 AM PST by Melinda in TN
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To: Brilliant
Very unlikely the uranium burned.

Because?

18 posted on 02/22/2023 11:31:02 AM PST by null and void (You can’t have a police state without a state police.)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Somehow “uranium fire” sounds like something serious no matter what.


19 posted on 02/22/2023 11:31:25 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Tennessee...East of Knoxville.


20 posted on 02/22/2023 11:34:12 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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