Fire at nuclear reactor in France

Not just for

Plant Vogtle
anymore:
this nuclear reactor site fire was at one of

EDF’s
flagship plants at

Cattenom, Lorraine, France
, on the Moselle River.

ENENews quoted MarketWatch yesterday,

Photo: “Fire broke out at nuclear reactor” — “Plumes of black smoke could be seen from a considerable distance”



French state-controlled power group Electricite de France SA said
Friday a fire started on a transformer at its nuclear plant in
Cattenom, eastern France, adding that it was outside the
nuclear-processing area.

A picture tweeted from France:


At least nobody died this time, unlike at the same French nuke a few months ago.
ENENews 28 February 2013,

Reports: Two dead, one wounded at nuclear plant in France

Fox Business: French nuclear safety watchdog Autorite de Surete
Nucleaire said Thursday two workers were killed and another badly
injured at one of Electricite de France SA’s (EDF.FR) nuclear plant
in the east of France. […]



That’s not counting the deaths in the

French war in Mali for uranium in Niger
.

It’s just as well

EDF didn’t get to build a new nuke at Calvert Cliffs, Maryland
.

-jsq

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