Explosion at French nuclear plant, no contamination risk


  • World
  • Thursday, 09 Feb 2017

his file photo taken on November 16, 2016 shows the reactor Flamanville 3 in the construction site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor. - AFP.

CAEN: An explosion at a nuclear power station in northern France on Thursday caused minor injuries but happened outside the plant’s nuclear zone and posed no risk of contamination, authorities said.

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