Fire at Nevada radioactive waste site; 140 miles of U.S. 95 closed
Source: Associated Press
Officials are checking air quality, conducting ground testing and monitoring for other problems Monday following a fire at a radioactive waste disposal site in rural southern Nevada.
No injuries were reported after the fire, which began Sunday afternoon in an industrial area near Beatty, Nevada, about 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Bud Marshall, southern Nevada regional supervisor for the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
The Nye County sheriff said Monday afternoon that radioactive contamination hasn't been detected in the air around the site of a fire. A statement from Sheriff Sharon Wehrly's office said ground testing is still being performed and a highway past the site will remain closed for an undetermined length of time.
... Initial reports indicated that the fire started at a US Ecology plant. But the company said the blaze occurred at a nearby disposal area for low-level radioactive waste now controlled by the state Department of Health and Human Services. Officials with the state agency didn't immediately respond to messages.
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