Fire at Welsh nuclear power plant
Written by terry on May 9, 2011 at 10:14
200 members of staff were evacuated after a fire at a nuclear power station in Wales broke out on 5th May.
Fire crews were unable to attend to the fire immediately as it was thought that live electrical cables were involved.
The Trawsfynydd plant is in North-West Wales and is due to be decommissioned within the next few years. The decommissioning process began in 1993.
According Magnox BNFL, the fire is believed to have started in the water cooling units used for cooling the reactors and is thought to have been an electrical fault.
A spokesperson at the plant confirmed that no one was injured in the fire and there is no risk of any radiation leaks.
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