9 septembre 2012
Incendie dans le système de recirculation du local de découpe au plasma. L’Alerte et l’urgence ont été déclarées. Le personnel a été évacué du bâtiment. L’alerte a été levée à 21 h 35
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Facility : AREVA NP INC RICHLAND - RX Type : URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
City : RICHLAND State : WA - County : PENTON
Event Date : 09/07/2012 - Event Time : 15:53
Emergency Class : ALERT
70.32(i) - EMERGENCY DECLARED
Event Text
FIRE IN PLASMA CUTTER RECIRCULATING VENTILATION SYSTEM
"At 1553 PDT Areva Richland declared an Alert due to a fire [greater than 15 minutes] in the waste handling / packaging area within the UO2 Building. The fire was associated with a plasma cutter HEPA filter in the recirculation system. The plasma arc filter is a stand alone filter that recirculates the air into the room. The room ventilation system has two HEPA filters in series before it exhausts out of the stack.
"Personnel in the building evacuated when a smoke alarm activated. All personnel from the evacuated building were accounted for. The fire was confined to the plasma cutter filters and is now believed to be extinguished."
Notified DHS, DOE, DHS NICC, HHS, EPA, USDA and Canada.
* * * UPDATE FROM CALVIN MANNING TO JOHN KNOKE AT 0036 EDT ON 09/08/12 * * *
At 1609 PDT the fire was extinguished and a re-flash watch set. The ventilation system in the UO2 Building was restored. The area of the fire is quarantined off, pending further investigation. No injuries were reported and there were no offsite radiological releases. At 2135 PDT, Areva Richland exited the Alert.
Notified R2DO (Lessor), IRD (Marshall), NMSS (Bjorkman), DHS, DOE, DHS NICC, HHS, EPA, USDA and Canada.
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