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Blast at Pak. n-research plant

ISLAMABAD Feb. 9. One man was killed and another injured today in a blast at a liquid nitrogen plant, which is part of a nuclear research facility at Nilore, 25 km from here, the State-run news agency said.

The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said the explosion occurred at the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, an educational wing of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission.

The APP said no Pakistani nuclear facility had been affected.

Reuters

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