DOE issues toxic gas warning
27th Oct 2005, 18:34 GMT
(Paducah, Ky) A toxic gas may be corroding cylinders containing depleted uranium, a federal memo has warned several facilities that are involved in the government's nuclear program. The memo was sent to nuclear facilities in Oak Ridge, Paducah and Portsmouth, Ohio, according to a report in the Louisville Courier-Journal...Oak Ridge contractors have shipped thousands of uranium cylinders to Portsmouth over the past year, but the ones suspected of containing phosgene - known as 30-A cylinders - remain stored outdoors at the East Tennessee Technology Park, a former uranium-enrichment plant...10/26 [Registration Required]
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