Tragic incident which has occurred late in the afternoon of this Wednesday in the town of Ascó (Ribera de Ebro): one person has died and three have been slightly injured after inhaling carbon dioxide when registering an incident in the municipal nuclear power plant. The event occurred during the recharging of a fire-fighting system, which would have caused a CO2 leak, used to put out the fires that may be generated in the plant.
As reported by the Firefighters of the GeneralitatSeven crews and four ambulances from the Emergency Medical System have traveled to the area. Upon arriving at the scene, they found four affected workers, one of whom had already died. as a result of inhalation. The Firefighters specify that the event has occurred in a area not linked to the radiological activity of the plant.
#Bomberscat There are 7 allocations to an incident NOT linked to the radiological activity at the d’Ascó nuclear power plant (notice 18.55) The anti-ignition system has caused a leak of CO2 that has affected 4 people. Together with the plant personnel, he reestablished the safety to the enclosure
– Bombers (@bomberscat) November 24, 2021
In the area affected by CO2 exhaust, where maintenance work was carried out, there were three workers from said service and a firefighter from the plant. As reported The newspaper, the latter would be the deceased as a result of the accident. According to the aforementioned media, the Mossos d’Escuadra learned of the incident thanks to the notice of one of the workers of the plant itself.
The firefighters entered the compound where the leak was located to check if there was someone else, but they did not find any more workers in the area. The incident, it is valued as a work accident, it is controlled and the firefighters will limit its expansion. Since last October 16, Unit I of the Ascó plant has been carrying out the works of the 28th refueling.
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