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| Keywords: UF6 cylinder rupture bw.png en This is a ruptured shipping container that contained uranium hexafluoride The accident happened in 1986 at the en Sequoyah Fuels Corporation facility near Grove Oklahoma then owned by en Kerr-McGee Corporation It happened when a tank was overfilled and they tried to heat it up to remove some material One man's life was lost and dozens of people made visits to area hospitals Many tons of material went into the atmosphere and surrounding environment There are many media and government reports about the incident This photo was taken from a 1986 report published by the en Nuclear Regulatory Commission part of the US federal government Source document <poem> Assessment of the Public Health Impact From the Accidental Release of UF6 at the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation Facility at Gore Oklahoma Docket No 40-8027 License No SUB-1010 Appendices Manuscript Completed March 1986 Date Published March 1986 Ad Hoc Interagency Public Health Assessment Task Force U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington D C 20555 Figure 3 1 1 4A The 52-inch Long Rupture At its midpoint the opening is about 8 inches wide The cylinder wall is 5/8-inch thick steel Water is draining out after rinsing out the cylinder </poem> Document can be found on the web at http //www gl iit edu/govdocs/resources/NUREG1189volume02part01 pdf retreived 2009 10 3 PD-USGov US NRC US NRC Check categories 2009 October 31 en wikipedia Uranium_hexafluoride 1 Uranium hexafluoride | ||||
