After battery plant fire, Fredericktown alarmed about potential contamination
After generations of contamination from lead mining, residents worry now that battery development and recycling poses yet ...
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What a major battery fire means for the future of energy storage
A few weeks ago, a fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant in California, the world’s largest collection of batteries ...
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After Toxic Monterey Battery Fire, These Scientists Watch Over a Fragile Ecosystem
The flames have died down at the Moss Landing battery storage plant in Monterey County after a massive fire last month.
Charred EV batteries from California wildfires spark concern about toxic waste contaminating drinking water
A water agency in charge of ground water for 2 million L.A. County residents has several concerns about hazardous waste ...
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Research Corner: Lithium-Ion Battery Heat Release Rate and Explosion Hazards
Daniel Madrzykowski and Nathaniel Sauer provide the details of the Fire Safety Research Institute's testing that shed more ...
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Lawsuit Blames PG&E, Vistra for Toxic Fire at Monterey Battery Storage Facility
Four Monterey County residents are suing PG&E and Vistra, alleging negligence in a battery storage fire that spread toxic ...
Environmental Tests Reveal Battery Metals Around Vistra Moss Landing Battery Facility After Fire
A Hunterbrook analysis of the testing data shows that samples taken within 20 miles of Vistra's Moss Landing facility on average have nickel and cobalt concentrations that are about 34 times higher ...
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Nature will aid Elkhorn Slough’s recovery from battery fire aftermath | Fish Rap
The battery storage plant caught fire on Jan. 16 for “an unknown reason ... of the three heavy metals nickel, manganese and cobalt (NMC). This dramatic increase relates to both the shallow ...