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One dead in explosion at French nuclear plant (UPDATE)

Other News Materials 12 September 2011 17:24 (UTC +04:00)
One person was killed in an explosion Monday at a nuclear waste processing facility at Marcoule in southern France, a spokeswoman for the operator of the facility, which is run by a subsidiary of EDF electricity company, told the German Press Agency dpa.
One dead in explosion at French nuclear plant (UPDATE)

(previous news was posted at 16:55)

One person was killed in an explosion Monday at a nuclear waste processing facility at Marcoule in southern France, a spokeswoman for the operator of the facility, which is run by a subsidiary of EDF electricity company, told the German Press Agency dpa.

The spokeswoman said the blast took place in an incinerator that processes waste with a low level of radioactivity.

The cause of the blast was unknown.

France 3 public television reported that one person was killed and three injured.

BFM private television quoted the local prefecture as saying there was a risk of radioactive material leaking.

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