An explosion at a uranium enrichment plant in Russia's Urals region on Friday prompted Russia's state nuclear corporation to publish a statement to ease fears.
At around 9 a.m. local time, a cylinder with depleted uranium hexafluoride was "depressurized" (i.e. exploded) in a workshop at the Ural Electrochemical Combine in Novouralsk, the statement from Rosatom, which owns the plant, said.
Uranium Hexaflouride is a chemical used in the enrichment process for Uranium.
RIA Novasto reports that one person died in the explosion as a result of mechanical impact, but radiation levels at the facility are normal.
Rosatom said the incident was "promptly localized" and added there was no risk to people living near the plant.
Russian news outlet "E1" however, reports that 100 workers from the plant have been taken to a nearby hospital.
It is worth noting that this very plant is the single largest Uranium enrichment plant in the entire world.
