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Toxic Chemical Scare At Diablo Canyon

 

 

> Toxic Chemical Scare At Diablo Canyon

>

> SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.

>

> A leak of highly toxic hydrazine from a delivery truck outside Diablo

Canyon

> nuclear power plant prevented 1,100 employees from leaving the facility

for

> nearly two hours Thursday while another 75 people were stuck on a nearby

> beach, authorities said.

> The leak was discovered around 12:30 p.m. during inspection of a truck

> delivering the hydrazine solution to Diablo Canyon from a Univar USA

> distribution center in Commerce.

> Employees at the Pacific Gas and Electric plant who were set to end their

> shift at 4:30 p.m. were told they could not leave, as were other people at

> nearby Port San Luis, said Mike Cole, spokesman for the California

> Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

> The CDF's hazardous materials team responded to the incident at the plant

on

> the San Luis Obispo County coast near Avila Beach, 160 miles northwest of

> Los Angeles.

> The hydrazine evaporated by 4:30 p.m. but employees weren't allowed to

leave

> until about two

>

> http://www.ktvu.com/news/2844826/detail.html?j

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