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Explosion At French Nuclear Site Kills One
syngularyx writes "An explosion took place in an oven Monday at the Marcoule nuclear site near the city of Nimes in the south of France. From the article: 'One person was killed and three were injured in the explosion, following a fire in a storage site for radioactive waste, Le Figaro newspaper said. It is a major site involved with the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. emergency services said.'"
Update: 09/12 16:20 GMT by S : Changed headline and summary to reflect that there seems to be no risk of a leak.
Headline: French nuclear waste site blast kills at least 1
Sidebar: At least 61 killed in Kenya pipeline explosion
There are two kinds of sysadmins: paranoids and losers. I'm both kinds.
It's not like they're real people or anything.
This was one white European guy, so he matters far more than they do.
It's also not scary radioactive material, just plain old oil.
All this together makes it not so newsworthy.
Agreed. This is beyond pathetic. One of the first sentences is "There was no risk of a radioactive leak after the blast" and later it says there are no nuclear reactors on that site. The fact somebody was killed in an industrial accident is sad, not matter how many times it happens each day, but the nuclear element is spurious.
There is nothing quoted that even insinuates there is a remote possibility of a leak, and so I agree with lwatcdr that the whole Slashdot post is a made-up lie. This is majorly damaging to the reputation of Slashdot.
Phillip.
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Once you can drive a car to Alpha Centauri that will become a meaningful statistic.
Ceci n'est pas un sig.
It's unfortunately a very rare thing to see such mistakes corrected, so thanks a lot for doing it.