Tag: nuclear site

N. Korea says it had ‘completely’ dismantled nuclear test site

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea said it had fully demolished its only known nuclear test site on Thursday, with a series of planned detonations that put the facility beyond further use. “The Nuclear Weapons Institute of the DPRK held a ceremony for completely dismantling the northern nuclear test ground on May 24… to ensure transparency of the discontinuance of nuclear test,” the institute said in an English language statement carried on the state-run […]

Workers at US nuclear site take cover after tunnel collapse

by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States – Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the United States state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage tunnel filled with contaminated material collapsed, but there was no initial indication of a radioactive leak. Employees at the sprawling Hanford Site plant, located about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, were sent an early morning alert by management telling them to […]