Explosion At French Nuclear Site Kills One

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 12, 2011 @01:40AM from the someone-save-the-camembert dept.

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.

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Re:Cue more irrational nuclear panic in 3...2... by Chrisq · 2011-09-12 02:50 · Score: 4, Interesting

Also, if you had a starship that could travel to Alpha Centauri killing half the passengers it would be the safest form of transport - when measured by the aircraft industry standard terms of deaths per passenger mile.

(If you think this is off-topic - think about it some more)