Title: Fire crews called to Byron nuclear plant for rare, unusual event
Source: WREX
Date: Jan 30, 2012
At 2:15 in
Reporter: You’ve been at the department 30 years, is it fairly unusual to be called out there for a release of steam?
Fireman: In my 30 years that was probably my third fire related call out there… they’ve got a fire brigade already out there
Published: January 30th, 2012 at 7:03 pm ET
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” … a fire BRIGADE already out there.”
How many responders in a fire BRIGADE?
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Not a big concern. Thanks guy. It’s nice that you have such confidence in a industry that is destroying this planet. I really have to search to find the benefits of nuclear power. Steam generation. Thats it. Awesome. The cons… waste that will last longer than the planet and cause cancer. Sweet. Sign me up
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