Westinghouse Rad-Material Drum Pops Lid, Smolders

By Chris Schneidmiller

A barrel of radioactively contaminated material at a Westinghouse Electric facility in Columbia, S.C., briefly ignited early on July 12 after becoming pressurized and popping off its lid, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported. The drum had just been placed…

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