Explosion rocks French nuclear plant, one dead

AT least one person was killed and four injured in a blast at a nuclear site in the south of France as the Government sought to play down fears of a radioactive leak. France’s state nuclear regulator had said earlier there was a risk of a leak after the blast at Codolet in the Rhone Valley near the southern city of Nimes. Despite killing one person and wounding at least four more, the blast “did not cause any radioactive leak”, a spokesman at the energy ministry said. National electricity provider EDF confirmed the initial death toll following the explosion in an oven…

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Explosion rocks French nuclear plant, one dead

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