One killed in blast at French nuclear waste site

[nadinbrzezinski]

An explosion at a nuclear waste site in southern France on Monday killed one person, seriously burned another and slightly injured three others, the country's nuclear safety body said.


The Nuclear Safety Authority said no radioactive leaks have been detected in the blast at 12:37 p.m. local time at an oven in the Centraco nuclear site. The accident was under control within the hour, the agency said in a statement.

Centraco is located on the grounds of another nuclear site, Marcoule, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region 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 statement said. "There have been no leaks outside of the site."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44483925/ns/world_news-europe/#.Tm4vf6N5mK0

[Avalux]

1. I've been reading about this.....not a waste site but a recycle facility.

The facility melts radioactive material from nuclear weapons, etc. and then uses the material for nuclear fuel. It doesn't appear to be a serious incident; but that will remain to be seen.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Agreed... The dang thing chirped

But this seems to be an incident, and industrial accident, that's all

And for that I am thankful

[Avalux]

3. So am I.....

but still waiting for the other shoe (or many shoes) to drop...