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EspañolNUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES
'Nuclear Fuel Services' Inc. is an American company that has been a major supplier of fuel for the United States Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered vessels since the 1960s. In recent years it has also processed weapons-grade uranium into nuclear reactor fuel. It operates a 65-acre gated complex in Erwin, Tennessee.[1]
On March 9 2006 there was an accident at one of Nuclear Fuel Services' facilities in which 35 liters of highly enriched uranium solution spilled out of a leaky transfer line. Had the liquid pooled in one location rather than running across the floor it would have been able to go critical, which would have resulted in a significant radiation release. This and other safety problems were kept classified and were not revealed until August 2007.
1. Tenn. Nuclear Fuel Problems Kept Secret Duncan Mansfield
On March 9 2006 there was an accident at one of Nuclear Fuel Services' facilities in which 35 liters of highly enriched uranium solution spilled out of a leaky transfer line. Had the liquid pooled in one location rather than running across the floor it would have been able to go critical, which would have resulted in a significant radiation release. This and other safety problems were kept classified and were not revealed until August 2007.
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