Uranium Fire at US Nuclear Facility Triggers Evacuation, Major Emergency Response

A fire broke out at a maximum security Department of Energy nuclear storage facility in eastern Tennessee on Wednesday morning.
A uranium fire started at 9:14 a.m at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Building 9212, a uranium processing facility, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, WATE-TV reported, citing a news release from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
The building and others in the adjacent areas were evacuated.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, alt