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Citing Oconee
County fire officials, Greenville, South Carolina-based WYFF-TV
reported that Unit 1 at the Oconee Nuclear Station was shut down
as a precaution. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
The fire did not lead to any evacuations, the station reported,
citing Scott Krein, director of the Oconee County Emergency
Management agency. Krein added there was no threat to the public
from the fire.
The plant is owned by Duke Energy, which will report the fire as
an "unusual event," the lowest classification of emergency at a
nuclear station, the station reported.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, Calif; Editing by
Peter Cooney)
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