PARIS (Reuters) - French utility EDF's Cattenom 1 nuclear reactor was stopped on Thursday after the French nuclear watchdog reported an incident caused by the "inopportune opening of a valve" that did not lead to a radioactive discharge.
A spokeswoman for nuclear watchdog ASN said the incident, which happened in the secondary circuit of the reactor located near the border with Luxembourg, was provisionally rated 1 on the INES scale out of a maximum 7.
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