Blast at French Nuke Plant

(Marcoule Plant, France) Breaking news!

One is dead and three are injured from a blast at a French nuclear plant. A fire at a radioactive storage facility is reportedly the initiating event.



[Update]

There is a risk of a radioactive leak after an explosion in an oven on Monday at the Marcoule nuclear site near the city of Nimes in the south of France, emergency services said.

The site is partly used by French nuclear giant Areva to produce MOX fuel which recycles plutonium from nuclear weapons. Part of the process involves firing superheated plutonium and uranium pellets in an oven.

The incident is being live blogged here.

Note that the body of the worker killed reportedly was "carbonized." Meanwhile, French nuclear authorities said there have been no radioactive releases outside the plant.