Blast in a French nuclear power plant

[The Larch]

'Leak risk after explosion at French nuclear plant'
Breaking news

There is a risk of a radioactive leak after a blast at the southern French nuclear plant of Marcoule, media reports say.

One person was killed and three were injured in the explosion, following a fire in a storage site for radioactive waste, Le Figaro newspaper said.

The plant is in the Gard region.

It is a major site involved with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and operates a pressurised water reactor used to produce tritium.

Oh dear...

[jimmy olsen]

Bomb? Accident?

[Tamas]

old cheese?

[The Brain]

Explosions in industrial environments are almost never bombs.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Jaron?

[The Brain]

There was no risk of a radioactive leak after the blast, caused by a fire near a furnace in the Centraco radioactive waste storage site, said officials.

The plant's owner, national electricity provider EDF, said it had been "an industrial accident, not a nuclear accident", which was under control.

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The EDF spokesman said the furnace affected had been burning waste, including fuels, tools and clothing which had been used in nuclear energy production but had only very low levels of radiation.

"The fire caused by the explosion was under control," he said. Another official later said the incident was over.

None of the injured workers was contaminated by radiation, said officials.

[jimmy olsen]

Good to hear.