Category Archives: Worker fatality

Accident at Arkansas Nuclear kills one worker, injures eight others

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

The Dow Jones Newswire reported April 4: Entergy Corp. said it is making plans to restart one of its units at an Arkansas nuclear-power plant, a process that is expected to take several weeks, after the unit shut down automatically … Continue reading →

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WNN summary of French reprocessing explosion

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

World Nuclear News published this a little while ago: Explosion at French waste site 12 September 2011  A worker was killed today by an explosion in a furnace used to prepare contaminated metal for disposal.  Details of the event come … Continue reading →

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French reprocessing facility had been cited earlier this year for safety violations

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Talk about burying the lead! This was the tenth paragraph of the Wall Street Journal’s article on the explosion this morning at a French reprocessing site: In 2011 France’s nuclear safety regulator issued a warning over safety measures at the … Continue reading →

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There ARE reactors at Marcoule

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Something you always have to watch out for in Nuke Speak is the carefully crafted half-truth. Much that has been said this morning about the explosion at Marcoule has said that there are no nuclear reactors at the site. What … Continue reading →

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Explosion at French nuclear facility kills 1, injures 4

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

Earlier today, there was an explosion at the Marcoule nuclear facility in southern France. As the Los Angeles Times reported within the last hour: At least one person was killed and four injured when a furnace exploded Monday at the … Continue reading →

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