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Emergency declared, then lifted, at the Savannah River nuclear weapons site after a lab fire; no contamination found
The Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina, declared a Site Area Emergency at 5:39 p.m. Wednesday after a fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory, and ended it at 9:45 p.m. after the fire was put out and radiological surveys found no detectable contamination, Fox News reported, citing the Energy Department. One employee was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, and workers were told to return as scheduled Thursday.
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- Fox NewsEmergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after fire erupts at lab