Gas Tank Explosion Kills Employee at Russian Academy of Sciences

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The Russian Academy of Sciences building houses a Joint supercomputer center (JSCC) on the bottom level which was not affected.

Gas Tank Explosion Kills Employee at Russian Academy of Sciences
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/gas-tank-explosion-kills-employee-at-russian-academy-of-sciences/546233.html

An employee of Russia's Academy of Sciences was killed on Monday when a canister filled with a nonflammable gas known as Freon exploded, the TASS news agency reported, citing an unidentified law enforcement official.

“The incident occurred in one of the rooms in the academy building, located on Leninsky Prospekt. A tank with Freon exploded. As a result, one person died,” the source said. The Moscow police press service confirmed the incident, TASS reported.

An unidentified adviser to the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences also told TASS about the explosion, claiming an employee servicing refrigeration equipment — which uses Freon gas — “made a technical error” while conducting maintenance.

In the building of the Russian Academy of Sciences was an explosion: one person was killed
http://en.news-4-u.ru/in-the-building-of-the-russian-academy-of-sciences-was-an-explosion-one-person-was-killed.html

Source RIA of «news» in the emergency services of the capital reported that the explosion occurred due to depressurization during charging of the cylinder on the minus ninth floor of the building RAS. «There is information about one killed and one injured,» — said the Agency interlocutor.

At the same time, the Agency urban news «Moscow» source in emergency services said that the explosion occurred on the minus eighth floor of the main building of the RAS. «According to preliminary data, in the garage minus the 8th floor there was a depressurization of a gas cylinder during it is charging without causing a fire. As a result there is a victim. With them physicians work. Destruction of the building does not have», — said the Agency interlocutor.

Edition Notepad in the MOE also said that the incident occurred in the garage, which is located on the eighth floor of a minus. The employee tried to fill the gas tank, it was depressurization. «The call came at 13:28. At 13:52 to the place of profit employees. Destruction in the building there, the fire of the explosion was not followed», — told the «Notepad» in the press service of EMERCOM in Moscow.

[...] In FANO Russia said that the supercomputer center of RAS in the basement of the famous Academy of Sciences is subordinate to it RAS, but not FANO.


Freon cylinder explodes in Russia's Academy of Sciences building killing one person
http://tass.ru/en/society/834847

MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. A Freon cylinder has exploded in the building of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the southwest of Moscow leaving one person dead, Moscow’s law enforcement agencies told TASS.

"The incident occurred in one of the premises of the academy’s building located on Leninsky Avenue. A cylinder with Freon exploded. The incident has left one person dead," the source said.

Rescuers and police officers are working on the scene. The cause of the explosion is being determined.
 
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