[ RadSafe ] Marcoule site blast kills one

[Glenn R. Marshall]

It certainly is refreshing to see Greenpeace is not going to use a tragic INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT for political fodder.  Maybe they should work to ban induction furnaces throughout the world........

On a related note, I have seen the results of molten metal burping out of a smelter onto people.  While certainly not an explosion, it is not a pretty site.  I still shudder when I think about it.

Glenn Marshall, CHP


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Greenpeace keeps its head clear and gives us the following senseful commentary (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/accident-at-marcoule-nuclear-facility-in-fran/blog/36735/):

"Information is still emerging and we do not know the cause of the explosion, but it serves as yet another tragic reminder of the dangers of nuclear power and the urgent need for governments to follow the lead taken by Germany in phasing it out. It should be noted that this installations on the Marcoule site has not been included in the stress tests of nuclear facilities requested by the French government, nor in the last inspections by the Nuclear Safety Authority. Earlier today, Greenpeace presented an Energy Revolution scenario for Japan that shows how the country can abandon nuclear reactors already in 2012, while meeting its ambitious carbon reduction targets."

Mattias Olsson
Sweden

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Judging by the news report it appears they have either a smelter or an incinerator that exploded and caught fire.  Probably a smelter because the article discussed melting radioactive material, which I assume is metallic waste.  "Explosion" might be an exaggeration.  In any event, one worker has been killed and perhaps others burned.

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