Emergency declared after fire and radiological release at Savannah River nuclear site

Savannah River Site officials declared the emergency at 5:39 p.m. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a temporary flight restriction, citing a U.S. government “nuclear incident” at the site.

Wednesday after a fire was reported in a single room at the Savannah River National Laboratory, near Aiken, according to the site and local station WRDW.