Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant

Fire erupts at US nuclear waste plant
Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 05, 2014 - 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 ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Fire_erupts_at_US_nuclear_waste_plant_999.html