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At the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Prypiat, Ukraine a test on reactor number four goes out of control, resulting in a power excursion. The ensuing steam explosion, fire and radio-isotope releases killed approximately 31 to 50 first responders , with most of those exposed to radiation only, dying with acute radiation syndrome within weeks ...
The power plant runs two generators that, when running at top performance, can deliver a total 324 megawatts of electrical power to the Shoshone Transmission Line. The plant is powered by water pressure from the water released from a storage reservoir. [3] [4] General Electric expected to complete a major refurbishment to the plant in 2020. [5]
October 24, 1926 - Two were killed in a tank farm fire, in Beaumont. [155] December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire.
At least three people have been killed and four are missing after a fire and explosion underground at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy on Tuesday, the local mayor said. Italian ...
An explosion at an armaments plant in Poland on Monday caused a fire that killed a 59-year-old man who worked there and injured another person, officials said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that ...
2020 Srisailam hydroelectric plant fire Date 20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) Location Srisailam, Telangana, India Cause Electrical short circuit in the power plant Deaths 9 On 20 August 2020, a major fire broke out in late night hours in an underground hydroelectric power plant in Srisailam in the state of Telangana. The fire blaze killed 9 people, including 5 engineers and 15 employees who were ...
The blast at the 620-megawatt (830,000 hp), Siemens combined cycle gas and oil-fired power plant [5] [6] occurred at 11:17 am, [7] and was reported at 11:25 am EST. [2] The plant's manager, Gordon Holk, said that contractors and other workers from O & G Industries, Ducci Electric, and Keystone Construction and Maintenance Services were at the site when the blast occurred. [8]
Design of the plant, in particular in relation to isolation of hazardous inventories, an aspect that exacerbated the fire escalation. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Training of personnel and operating procedures, which were inadequate for dealing with a hazardous process, especially in regards to significant plant upsets, like the loss of lean oil circulation.