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Benzene vapours in BARC lab could have caused blast [1]

A day after two research scientists in the Radiation and Photochemistry Department of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) were killed in a fire in their laboratory, the postmortem report concluded that the bodies had 100 per cent burns due to a chemical explosion, followed by a fire.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Benzene [3], Nuclear Accidents [4], Maharashtra [5], Mumbai [6], Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) [7]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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