Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk of Ukraine on Wednesday announced that there had been an accident at one of the country’s nuclear power plants, briefly setting off fears of a Chernobyl-like catastrophe. But there appeared to have been no radiation…
REGINA - Fire investigators say a ruptured pipe caused an explosion and fire at Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.'s refinery in Regina last Christmas Eve. The Regina Fire Department released its final report on the $77-million blast Wednesday. Fire marshal Randy Ryba…
The bodies of six miners were recovered from a flooded mine in Ermenek, a district of the central Turkish province of Karaman, yesterday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 10. The recovery came one day after the bodies of two…
Reports on October 6 that an explosion had killed two and destroyed buildings at Iran’s Parchin nuclear plant east of Tehran have been confirmed by satellite imagery obtained by Israel’s Channel 2 and Israel Defense magazine. Parchin is thought to be…
Ex-coal company chief executive Don Blankenship pleaded not guilty Thursday to conspiracy and other charges in the deadliest U.S. mine accident in four decades. It was the first appearance in federal court for the former Massey Energy CEO since he…
An explosion at oil and gas operator Fieldwood Energy's Echo Platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday killed one person and injured at least one, but no pollution was reported, a U.S. safety agency and the company said. The…
A team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has arrived in Houston to begin its investigation into the fatal chemical release at the La Porte DuPont Plant. Five of eight team members plan to receive a briefing from company…
A fire in part of Dounreay's Prototype Fast Reactor (PFR) facility last month led to an "unauthorised release" of radioactivity into the environment. Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) said "procedural non-compliances and behavioural practices" by staff led to the incident…
According to a preliminary coroner's report, the four workers killed in a chemical leak at the DuPont plant near La Porte died from accidental asphyxiation. The industrial accident happened Saturday, killing brothers Gilbert Tisnado and Bobby Tisnado, Crystle Wise and…
A fire broke out on Huadong Road in the eastern city of Haulien Monday when crewmen paving the road seemed to have accidentally ignited an underground oil pipeline belonging to a nearby military airport. The fire, which broke out at…
