Arkansas nuclear plant accident - 1 dead and 3 injured

stephendavion · Post by **stephendavion** » 01 Apr 2013, 05:11

An accident at an Arkansas nuclear power plant at 7:45 a.m. local time resulted in the death of one worker and left three injured, but did not cause radiation and it is not a public health risk, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. .....

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 01 Apr 2013, 17:41

The accident was during repairs to the power generating turbine, not on the reactor which was being refueled.

A second reactor at the site was shut down as a consequence.

cubes · Post by **cubes** » 02 Apr 2013, 16:38

But accident at nuclear plant makes for a good headline - doesn't matter if it's someone tripping over a loose paving slab.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 02 Apr 2013, 17:09

cubes wrote:makes for a good headline - doesn't matter if it's someone tripping over a loose paving slab.

You can make that into a good headline if you're a policewoman, and do it at a petrol station!

cubes · Post by **cubes** » 02 Apr 2013, 21:10

Possibly a good payday too!

stephendavion · Post by **stephendavion** » 03 Apr 2013, 05:58

Sounds like a maintenance activity gone bad.

Post by **adam2** » 23 Apr 2013, 09:15

stephendavion wrote:Sounds like a maintenance activity gone bad.

Yes, very sad for those innvolved but not of any wider significance than any other industrial accident.