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The plant is Missouri's only nuclear power plant and is close to Fulton, Missouri. [2] The 2,767 acres (1,120 ha) site began operations on December 19, 1984. It generates electricity from one 1,190-megawatt Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor and a General Electric turbine-generator. The Ameren Corporation owns and operates the ...
The Los Alfaques disaster was a tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July 1978 in the municipality of Alcanar, Spain, and near the town of Sant Carles de la Ràpita. The exploding truck, which was carrying 23 tons of highly flammable liquefied propylene, killed 215 people and severely burned 200 more. Several ...
The Tokaimura nuclear reprocessing plant fire and explosion. 37 workers were exposed to low doses of radiation. Donen later acknowledged it had initially suppressed information about the fire. [42] [46] 0: 18 Jun 1999: Shika, Japan: Wrong handling of some control rods set off an uncontrolled nuclear reaction. [42]
Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear reactor accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define major energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
An explosion injured six people inside a home shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday in east Jefferson City, Missouri, fire officials said.
Arlington Heights Fire Department personnel “aggressively attacked and contained the fire,” before a heavy-duty wrecker arrived at 7:15 p.m. to remove the garbage truck, per the police.
A tanker flipped and caught fire on state Route 8 Saturday morning, closing the highway in both directions. Route 8 northbound re-opened around 2 p.m. Route 8 NB reopens after truck drives off ...
According to the Sierra Club, as of 2016 there were a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23. [5] A Missouri City coal-fired power plant operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015; the facility was aging (60 years old) and could not comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations. [6]