fatal accident at a powerplant in England

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@AECL.CA>]

This morning on CBC radio news, I heard a brief report of a fatal accident

at a powerplant in England that killed three people & injured some others.

Apparently the plant is NOT a nuclear one, so the reporter of course didn't

bother to say what kind it was. 

If it HAD been a nuclear one, you can bet it would have been front-page

headline news all over the world by now, with antinukes & politicians

screaming for immediate shutdown of all NPPs.



> Jaro 

> 

> 

> UK: UPDATE 2-Third worker dies after UK power blast.  

>  

> 08/09/2001  

> Reuters English News Service  

>    

> LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A third worker has died from injuries sustained

> from Wednesday's explosion at one of Europe's largest gas-fired power

> stations at Teesside, northern England, operator Enron said on Thursday. 

> 

> "Sadly a third member of staff died overnight making three fatalities", a

> spokesman for the U.S. energy group told Reuters. 

> 

> "One other employee is in Middlesbrough hospital in a stable condition",

> he added. Two workers were killed on Wednesday after an explosion rocked

> the 1,875 megawatt plant at around 1340 GMT. A fire that followed the

> blast led to an evacuation and shut-down of the plant which is on an

> industrial complex in the Grangetown district of Middlesbrough. 

> 

> Britain's safety watchdog, the Health and Safety Executive has a team of

> inspectors investigating the cause of the explosion at the plant which

> employs about 100 people and was commissioned in 1992. 

> 

> "We have no information yet, but hope for some clarification later in the

> day", an HSE spokesman said. He added that initial reports had the

> explosion occurring "somewhere under a steam turbine". 

> 

> Local police have said they believe the incident was an industrial

> accident. 

> 

> Enron on Thursday said no decision would be taken for several days

> regarding future operations of the plant. 

> 

> Electricity traders estimated the plant was probably producing 800 to 900

> megawatts, well below its full capacity, but still accounting for about

> three percent of current demand. 

> 

> The station's shut-down pushed up wholesale electricity prices on

> Wednesday by six percent as the market scrambled to cover the output

> shortfall. 

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