Explosion at French Nuclear Plant

Excessive Radiation in Europe COVERED UP. On Monday, September 12, 2011, an explosion has rocked a nuclear plant in southern France on Monday, the French nuclear safety body said, according to the Associated Press. There has been no contamination from the explosion, French police said. One person was killed and three people were injured, including one seriously, local newspaper the Midi Libre reported, according to an AFP news agency report. The accident happened at a processing center for nuclear waste, the report said. The Marcoule site is located in Langedoc Roussillon, in southern France, near the Mediterranean Sea. "They do not want public panic and they are playing a hide-and-seek game about the actual cause and the damage of the radiation and the exposure to the community surrounding the accident," Seager stated. There has been the first recorded death at a nuclear facility in France in 50 years. The authorities say there is little to fear and there is no risk, but considering nuclear power provides the vast majority of France's energy, such a response is hardly surprising. "They say it is a safe, well-regulated and well-managed industry but the facts speak differently. Records show that in the 59 nuclear plants that operate currently in France, since 1969 there have been 41 nuclear accidents and 51 [other] nuclear incidents reported officially. The French people have been receiving a restricted and limited amount of information about nuclear accidents," he ...
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