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A fire at a Y-12 uranium processing facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been contained, officials said. There were no injuries.

Y-12 said the incident is not impacting anything outside of the site.

A fire broke out Wednesday in a building at a Department of Energy nuclear weapon and nuclear fuel depot in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

A National Nuclear Security Administration spokesperson confirmed that a fire "involving uranium" broke out Wednesday morning at a federal facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A fire that broke out Wednesday at the Y-12 National Security Complex in a building where uranium is processed has been contained, officials said. The fire at the facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was reported shortly after 9 a.m.

A fire at a Y-12 uranium processing nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was contained, officials said. There were no injuries.

A petition filed by local environmental watchdog group Erwin Citizens Awareness Network (ECAN) has been denied.

The National Nuclear Security Administration has stated that the fire is contained and not currently impacting the public or anything outside of Y-12.

The National Nuclear Security Administration said that an emergency response responded to the blaze at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.