BBC News - Explosion at French nuclear plant of Marcoule
Explosion at French nuclear plant of Marcoule
Nuclear site at Marcoule, France, file pic from 2003 A security cordon has been set up around the affected area of the plant
One person has been killed and four have been hurt in an explosion at the southern French nuclear plant of Marcoule.
There were no radioactive leaks after the blast, caused by a fire near a furnace in a radioactive waste storage site, a French nuclear official said.
A security perimeter has been set up because of the risk of leakage.
The plant produces MOX fuel, which recycles plutonium from nuclear weapons, but does not include reactors.
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Marcoule nuclear plant
Used by French nuclear firm Areva for the clean-up and disassembly of nuclear installations
Also used a research centre of the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Created in 1955 for plutonium production
Described on Areva website as one of France's oldest nuclear sites
It is a major site involved with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
The Centraco treatment centre belongs to a subsidiary of national electricity provider EDF.
The plant is located in the Gard department in Languedoc-Roussillon region, near France's Mediterranean coast.
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