Scary story about explosions near London

ByRod Adams

I ran accross the following story on Google News a few minutes ago. Apparently there was at least one large explosion followed by a raging fire in the fuel depot of a the Luton airport – 20 miles outside of London. Some reports talk about a series of explosions. Few details are available – a Google News search shows that there are 118 links to various media outlets, but a quick look through them shows that they are essentially identical wire service reports.

‘Massive’ explosions strike oil depot near London airport

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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