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Title: France nuclear (waste treatment/storage): Marcoule site blast kills one
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BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521
Published: Sep 12, 2011
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2011-09-12 10:56:26 by Hondo68
Keywords: no risk of a radioactive leak, Centraco radioactive waste sto, recycles plutonium from nuclea
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Comments: 15
One person has been killed and four injured, one seriously, in a blast at the Marcoule nuclear site in France. 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. There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site. The explosion hit the area at 11:45 local time (09:45 GMT). A security cordon was set up as a precaution. Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet later said there had been no leak of radiation, neither inside nor outside the plant. The Centraco treatment centre belongs to a subsidiary of EDF. It produces MOX fuel, which recycles plutonium from nuclear weapons. 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. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was in touch with the French authorities to learn more about the nature of the explosion. Director General Yukiya Amano said the organisation's incident centre had been "immediately activated", Reuters reports. France's Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciuscko-Morizet was due visit the site on Monday, AFP quoted her ministry as saying, to "help carry out a precise evaluation of the possible radiological impact of this accident". "For the time being, no exterior impact has been detected," said a ministry spokesman. Stress tests Marcoule was opened in 1955 and is one of France's oldest nuclear sites, though it has been extensively modernised. It is located in the Gard department in Languedoc-Roussillon region, near France's Mediterranean coast. All the country's 58 nuclear reactors have been put through stress tests in recent months, following the disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. EDF's share prices fell by more than 6% as news of the blast emerged. The BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says nuclear safety is a highly sensitive issue in France, which relies on nuclear power to meet 75% of its energy needs. In June, France announced it was investing 1bn euros (£860m) in the nuclear industry, including a significant boost for research into nuclear safety French nuclear giant Areva is developing the next generation of nuclear reactors and has been involved in a huge publicity campaign since the Fukushima disaster to reassure the public of the safety of nuclear energy. Other countries in Europe, including Germany, Italy and Switzerland, have said they will reduce or phase out their use of nuclear power over the next few years.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
DAMN! I was hoping it would be Happy Quanza, the Nuke Expert, posting this. Guess he's hard at work on what the black man has gotten away with lately. So much to do. So little time.
To Recap: All nuclear reactions WILL be escaping Containment. Timing is Everything. Ex: North Anna to restart the reactors even though they're not sure of the impact of the 6.0 Mw. "Risk is minimal".....LMFAO
what the black man has gotten away with lately. Do you have inside information that black muslims blew up the nuke facility, or what? Do they have racist affirmative action to discriminate against whitey, in France too? When in doubt, play the race card!
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
exactly. HQ must really be confused now. A nuclear thread on LP. And why the concern. Nukes have been functioning properly all year, eh?
I wish I still had a pass to get in there, the fishing is great at the open gates of the discharge canal. Stripers love that fast warm water in the winter and spring. I always hated it when both reactors were shut down at the same time and there was no current.
And thank you. Which area of the US/France will be most suitable for the first meltdown...;} After the New Madrid 9+ MW, anytime now, there will be at least 5.
Criticality? Nuclear chain reaction may have caused explosion at France MOX plant, says French nuke expert September 12th, 2011 at 03:48 PM Gard: “no risk radioactive”, Europe1.fr/AFP, September 12, 2011 …Read More They never have figured out what caused that fire at Ft Calhoun. ;} All Nuclear Reactions will escape containment. Timing is all.
BTW, the man was instantly turned to ash.... Monday, September 12, 2011 Nikkan SPA Magazine: Researcher Says Large Amount of Neptunium-239 Also in Date City, Fukushima It's the same researcher who said several thousand becquerels/kg of neptunium-239 was found in the soil in Iitate-mura, about 35 km northwest of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. It seems it's not just Iitate-mura that got doused with neptunium, which decays into plutonium. Date City, about 25 km northwest from Iitate-mura and 60 km from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, also got a large amount of neptunium. To recap, uranium-239, whose half life is about 24 minutes, decays into neptunium-239 with a half life of about 2.5 days, which then decays into plutonium-239 whose half life is 24,200 years.
And does anyone think the USSA will be more forthcoming than the Japanese? LMFAO
On September 12, TEPCO submitted the front cover and the table of contents of the document "Operation Manual for Reactor 1 (Severe Accident)", 3 pages total, with 48 lines out of 50 were blacked out. All the lawmakers in the committee could read was "fire extinguishing line" and "inert gas". TEPCO's Matsumoto explained that the manual is a company's internal document and not for public consumption, and the company has to protect intellectual properties and the physical protection of nuclear facilities. (Information from Asahi Shinbun, 9/12/2011)
We have no clue on how badly damged North Anna was. But start her up anyway. Let's just see what happens. What's the worst possible thing anyway.
You gots [sic] to be shitting me.
They Still haven't explained what happened at 'shut down' Reactor 4. As we can see that the building has been blown to hell. img]
What happened to the Honda robot that was supposed to be patching that thing up, did it commit hari-kari because it failed it's mission? You're not supposed to see that, where's the tent!!!?
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The Japanese has discovered that it's cheaper, more efficient, to turn their populations into robots. Better control. Breakdowns much less costly.
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#3. To: mcgowanjm, Happy Quanzaa, sneakypete, *Liberal Rehab Staff*, *Ron Paul for President* (#1)
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DAMN! I was hoping it would be Happy Quanza, the Nuke Expert, posting this
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
When in doubt, play the race card!
#5. To: mcgowanjm (#2)
North Anna to restart the reactors even though they're not sure of the impact of the 6.0 Mw.
#6. To: Happy Quanzaa (#5)
I wish I still had a pass to get in there, the fishing is great at the open gates of the discharge canal. Stripers love that fast warm water in the winter and spring. I always hated it when both reactors were shut down at the same time and there was no current.
#7. To: Happy Quanzaa (#5)
#8. To: Happy Quanzaa (#5)
#9. To: All (#8)
#10. To: All (#9)
#11. To: All (#10)
#12. To: mcgowanjm (#10)
On September 12, TEPCO submitted the front cover and the table of contents of the document "Operation Manual for Reactor 1 (Severe Accident)", 3 pages total, with 48 lines out of 50 were blacked out.
#13. To: Fred Mertz (#12)
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#14. To: mcgowanjm (#13)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#15. To: hondo68 (#14)
What happened to the Honda robot
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