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Regulatory Loopholes and Engineering Risks Behind the AES Blast

Could a single regulatory gap leave tens of thousands of pounds of high explosives without a safety inspection? At Accurate ...
CNN

Witnesses who could shed light on the cause of deadly Tennessee blast were killed

Utter devastation lies before investigators days after a building at a Tennessee explosives plant was razed by a blast so powerful that it left behind no living witnesses, created a vast and volatile ...
The New York Times

What We Know About the Explosion at a Tennessee Ammunition Plant

The blast, which officials said killed 16 people, happened at a facility owned by Accurate Energetic Systems. The cause of the explosion was unclear. By Ashley Ahn A powerful explosion that tore ...
WTVF

Here’s what we know about the Tennessee explosives facility at the center of Friday’s deadly blast

Accurate Energetic Systems specializes in explosives of all sorts, but the company has also had previous workplace violations and faced legal challenges from former employees over conditions. HICKMAN ...
New York Post

Tennessee factory explosion that left 16 dead was a chain reaction felt 20 miles away

A massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people leveled the building and was felt more than 20 miles away began in an area where workers used kettles to produce a mixture of ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Operation Mixed Company simulated a nuclear explosion with a million pounds of TNT

On Nov. 13, 1972, Terry Christensen was working in his office at Dixon Inc. on Orchard Mesa when he, like others, “felt the ...