Nuclear Site Blast Rocks France — At Least 1 Dead
- Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:21am by
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PARIS (AP) — One person died and another was seriously injured in an explosion Monday in a site that treats nuclear waste in southern France, the country’s nuclear safety body said, adding that no radioactive leaks have been detected.
The Nuclear Safety Authority said three other people suffered lesser injuries in the blast at an oven in the Centraco nuclear site.
The Centraco site is located next to another nuclear site, Marcoule, located in Languedoc-Roussillon, in southern France, near the Mediterranean Sea.
“According to initial information, the explosion happened in an oven used to melt radioactive metallic waste of little and very little radioactivity,” the agency said in a statement.
Officials from France’s EDF power company, whose subsidiary operates Centraco, stressed that there was no nuclear reactor on the site and that no waste treated at the site of the explosion came from a reactor.
Spokeswoman Carole Trivi said a fire broke out after the explosion, but it has since been brought under control.
The cause of the blast was not immediately known, and an investigation has been opened, Trivi said.
A news report posted on the website of the local Midi Libre newspaper said no quarantine or evacuation measures had been immediately undertaken.
Staff at the plant reacted to the accident according to planned procedures, the Nuclear Safety Authority said in a statement.
France is more dependent on nuclear energy than any other country in the world, with most of its electricity coming from nuclear reactors.
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Associated Press writers Sarah DiLorenzo and Cecile Brisson in Paris contributed to this report.
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Dabldo
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:06pmUmmmm. What the heck would you put in one of those ovens that would explode? Some body ain’t tellin the truth here…..
Report Post »Howyinthehills
Posted on September 13, 2011 at 1:45amCould be a gas fired oven.
Report Post »Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 5:52pmBetter make a tin foil hat and dont dink the water for a while.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 3:22pmBush did it. Obama said that ‘wiley old wascal’ flew ino a little used old Nazi landing strip in France, crawled on his hand and knees to the nearest Reactor…and set some Plastique. Bush is everywhere.
Report Post »Monketo
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 3:07pmThe Germans have just started buying energy from France, due to pressure from their greenies crying over Fukishima. Yep, it is getting ready to really suck in Europe.
Report Post »Redscot
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 1:31pmThe eco-nuts will scream. France will surrender to them and the world will go back to normal. I am sorry they had an accident. I hope they fix whatever it is before someone else gets hurt. Of course, I am already sure the eco-nuts will make sure the damage much worse, at least via the media. They will do almost anything to further their agenda, including distort facts.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:24amIn 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.”
France — the world’s most nuclear-reliant country — is carrying out stress tests on its 58 nuclear reactors in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44483925/ns/today-today_news/t/explosion-rocks-france-nuclear-plant-safety-body-says/
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Stress test, eh?
Report Post »Lonescrapper
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:23amI want to point out 100 dead at Kenyan pipeline EXPLOSION.
1 dead at nuclear plant EXPLOSION.
which is safer, do you think?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:45amIndeed, in the movie Under Seige (the one with the missiles on a battleship being swiped), one of the generals responded to the movie President:
“One million people, will reach 10000 degrees in one second.”
That fairly well summed up what a nuclear DETONATION does, as you have pointed out. This one accident could have easily been the results of a gas pipe leaking and exploding, faulty maintainance of the hardware, etc.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:03amWas it caused by a bottle of Perrier spilling into a control panel?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:21amAfter they heard the explosion , they all
Report Post »Surrendered !!!!
zman61
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:56amok this is not just a little excessive but way over the top with the headline!!! It was an explosion in a nuclear plant,NOT!!!! a nuclear explosion. If it were a nuclear explosion there would be nobody within 5 miles that could tell you how many people are dead and it would 100′s of thousands if no millions. somebody needs to get a grip on reality at the blaze!!!
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 10:35amIt wasn’t even that. It was a furnace explosion at a nuclear WASTE treatment plant. There were no reactors involved.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:54amObama terrorism to reflect his dependency on Middle-Eastern Oil
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:52amUh, is this going to be like Japan with all the Chicken Littles coming home to roost? “Thousands upon thousands will die from radiation!!!”
Can an enlightened soul please explain to us how many people in Japan have passed as a direct result to radiation exposure post tsunami???
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:44amUh oh France, you better go with windmills and solar panels like us. It’s working great.
Report Post »macnkat
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:44amSounds like more of an industrial accident than a nuclear accident…but I’m sure the kooks will have a field day with it.
Report Post »AnAmerican111
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:41amHere we go once again with the anti-nuclear loonies!
Report Post »johnperkins
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:38amExcellent article, thanks.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 12, 2011 at 9:25amOkay, sounds like an accident has occured; not some kind of sabotage or such as of right now with the info released.
How long until the eco-fanatics here in the states start screaming again for the ending of nuclear power in America? What will the administration do in turn to use this mess to their advantage in the next campaign of Mr Obamas for his 2012 election?
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