Explosion in French NPP

Explosion in französischer Atomanlage

[14h26 ] Paris, 12 September (AFP/dpa) - 1 person was killed on Monday by the explosion in the Southern French nuclear plant Marcoule. Four other humans were injured according to data of the French atomic supervisory authority ASN. According to authorities and fire-brigade the danger exists that radioactivity escapes from the plant in close proximity to Avignon. The explosion occurred in an incinerator for weak radioactive waste, said the spokeswoman. The cause was not well-known at first. So far there is no emittance of radioactivity, communicated the Atomic Energy Commision after media reports.

A spokeswoman of the nuclear plant in Marcoule said before, one doesn't know whether radioactivity was emitted. The nuclear plant Marcoule , approximately 30 kilometers north of Avignon, consists of several smaller reactors, which are all shut down. The last power station, a so-called fast breeder, was switched off 2010.