Breaking - Nuke explosion in France

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Explosion rocks France nuclear plant, safety body says

An explosion has rocked a nuclear plant in southern France on Monday, the French nuclear safety body said, according to the Associated Press.

There has been no contamination from the explosion, French police said.

One person was killed and three people were injured, including one seriously, local newspaper the Midi Libre reported, according to an AFP news agency report. The accident happened at a processing center for nuclear waste, the report said.

The Marcoule site is located in Langedoc Roussillon, in southern France, near the Mediterranean Sea.

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PARIS (AP) — An explosion rocked the Marcoule nuclear plant in southern France on Monday, the country's nuclear safety body and local authorities said.

It was not immediately clear how serious the accident was or whether there were any victims. The Marcoule site is located in Langedoc Roussillon, in southern France, near the Mediterranean Sea.


Evangelia Petit of the Agency for Nuclear Safety said Monday an explosion had taken place but declined to provide any further details. Officials in the Gard region confirmed Monday's explosion but also would not elaborate.

The local Midi Libre newspaper, on its web site, said an oven exploded at the plant, killing one person and seriously injuring another. No radiation leak was reported, the report said, adding that no quarantine or evacuation orders were issued for neighboring towns.

Three other people have been hospitalized with lighter injuries in the explosion, the paper said.

The accident occurred at 11:45 a.m. (0945 GMT, 5:45 a.m. EDT) in a plant that treats nuclear waste operated by a subsidiary of France's EDF electricity company, the report said.

In Vienna, an official at the IAEA, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on record, said the agency was in contact with French authorities "trying to learn more about the nature of the explosion

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The site of Marcoule in the Gard, specializes in the treatment of radiological materials. There is no nuclear reactor.

Bonne journée !

Gaia

[MorgaineFallen]

Swedish papers report some kind of oven exploded.

[MorgaineFallen]

According to swedish newspapers an oven exploded. As I understand it the facility has previously been a nuclearplant.