This morning, early reports surfaced in Colorado of an explosion at an old uranium mine near Denver. The Associated Press jumped on the story. Details were sketchy, but it still popped up on news sites like USA Today and Forbes. If it had been a mine explosion, we could have turned to UMR's Larry Grayson for reaction. Grayson chairs a federal mine safety comission, which on Dec. 5 released a report containing more than 70 recommendations to improve mine safety.
Fortunately, there was no mine explosion at all, just a broken electrical switch on a transformer that caused loud noises and bright flashes. At least that's the latest word from the Associated Press.
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