A shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, northwest England, that builds Britain’s new generation of nuclear submarines reopened on Wednesday after being briefly evacuated due to an incident, defense company BAE Systems said. “Following an extensive sweep of the Devonshire Dock Complex (DDC), including the four Astute class submarines in build, nothing suspicious was found,” the company said in a statement. “We expect to be able to close the incident shortly.”
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The evacuation of a submarine shipyard in northern England is not related to nuclear safety, Britain’s Office for Nuclear Regulation said on Wednesday. Ambulances and police were on the scene in Barrow-in-Furness after a shipyard in northern England that builds Britain’s new generation of nuclear submarines was evacuated.
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