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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant



Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to contain a blaze at a US nuclear waste plant in New Mexico, while underground staff were evacuated and some taken to hospital, officials said.

Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to contain a blaze at a US nuclear waste plant in New Mexico, while underground staff were evacuated and some taken to hospital, officials said. The blaze erupted on an underground vehicle carrying salt at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the US Department of Energy (DoE) said in a statement.  "Emergency response teams are responding to an operational emergency" at the plant, which is used to dispose of radioactive waste left from making nuclear weapons.

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