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Breaking....Explosion at French Nuclear Plant

JONJO THE MISER · 2011-09-12 11:55:55

http://www.foxnews.com/ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/ap-explosion-rocks-nuclear-plant-in-southern-france/1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521

12-09-2011 11:55am

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http://www.foxnews.com/

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/ap-explosion-rocks-nuclear-plant-in-southern-france/1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521

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#2 12-09-2011 11:57am

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A breaking explosion :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Thats the worst kind of explosion!!

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#3 12-09-2011 11:57am

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Sacre bleu !

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#4 12-09-2011 11:57am

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Sacre bleu Merde!

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#5 12-09-2011 11:58am

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the goggles, they do nathing.............

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#6 12-09-2011 11:59am

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French police confirm no contamination risk, Atomic Agency to issue statement.

Source from Reuters news feed in work.

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#7 12-09-2011 11:59am

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Oops

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#8 12-09-2011 11:59am

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It's pronounced Nuculer.

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#9 12-09-2011 12:00pm

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The BBC text :

"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.
The plant is in the Gard region.
It is a major site involved with the
decommissioning of nuclear facilities,
and operates a pressurised water
reactor used to produce tritium ."

End of nuclear in Europe because of this ? Germany is commited to closing all of its plants down by 2022 at the moment !

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#10 12-09-2011 12:00pm

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There is a risk of a radioactive leak after a blast at the southern French nuclear plant of Marcoule, media reports say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521

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#11 12-09-2011 12:00pm

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Oh ****

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#12 12-09-2011 12:01pm

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Phew just got back from France on Saturday.

Oh yeah wasnt me btw

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#13 12-09-2011 12:02pm

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Shiit, where's me iodine tablets?

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#14 12-09-2011 12:03pm

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problemchimp wrote: »

Shiit, where's me iodine tablets?

In the bin with mine

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#15 12-09-2011 12:03pm

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I blame one of them fools in sector 7-G

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#16 12-09-2011 12:03pm

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French Police say no radiation leak. The green glow around the plant is just a natural flourescence.

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#17 12-09-2011 12:05pm

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Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

French police confirm no contamination risk, Atomic Agency to issue statement.

I seem to remember a very similar opening statement from the Japanese a few months back and look how that ended.

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#18 12-09-2011 12:06pm

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Look on the bright side. The winds from katia will keep the radioactive smoke away from Ireland. Happy days.

Edit: But push it towards me. Crap.

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#19 12-09-2011 12:06pm

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touts wrote: »

I seem to remember a very similar opening statement from the Japanese a few months back and look how that ended.

Apparently this place was a waste management plant, so there are no reactors, and no raw radioactive materials.

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#20 12-09-2011 12:07pm

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9/12 - never forget.

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#21 12-09-2011 12:10pm

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force eleven wrote: »

French Police say no radiation leak. The green glow around the plant is just a natural flourescence.

like Mr Burns?

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#22 12-09-2011 12:10pm

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There goes next years case of Côtes du Rhône.

I'm older than Minecraft goats.

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#23 12-09-2011 12:11pm

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DjFlin wrote: »

Apparently this place was a waste management plant, so there are no reactors, and no raw radioactive materials.

There is a water reactor for making tritium.

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#24 12-09-2011 12:13pm

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.............Sky News saying there is a risk of a leak from the explosion.

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#25 12-09-2011 12:13pm

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OldGoat wrote: »

There goes next years case of Côtes du Rhône.

At lease you still have gin.

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#26 12-09-2011 12:16pm

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Pass the Kool-Aid.

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#27 12-09-2011 12:16pm

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JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

.............Sky News saying there is a risk of a leak from the explosion.

Thats sky news. The British Fox news.

I bet they are using their red and blue "Breaking news" popup arent they?

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#28 12-09-2011 12:19pm

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Keep an eye out for Tesco Valu-range mutant baguettes on special this week.

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#29 12-09-2011 12:21pm

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syklops wrote: »

There is a water reactor for making tritium.

And an over reactor for making headlines.

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#30 12-09-2011 12:22pm

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Maybe if their corporate tax rate was lower, they could've invested more in the safety systems.

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#31 12-09-2011 12:27pm

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Right, what do we want?

We want another close Marcoule Sellafield campaign. Evil French Brits and their nuclear pollution!

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#32 12-09-2011 12:29pm

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Reports from BBC News and CBC News in Canada indicate that there was an explosion at Marcoule nuclear plant in Langedoc-Roussillon.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/09/12/france-nuclear-plant-explosion.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44483925/ns/world_news-europe/t/explosion-rocks-france-nuclear-plant-safety-body-says/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14883521

The facts are very confused.

One report is saying that there is no nuclear reactor at the facility, another is saying that there's a PWR on site used to produce isotopes.

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#33 12-09-2011 12:30pm

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Another one!?! :eek::eek::eek:

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#34 12-09-2011 12:30pm

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Thread already started

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056386479

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#35 12-09-2011 12:33pm

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Oops, must have been viewing a cached version of the forum or something!

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#36 12-09-2011 12:35pm

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We'll know if there was a radiation leak if Sarkozy mutates into an average-size person. :pac:

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#37 12-09-2011 12:46pm

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Thats it....I demand France leave the EU, they just cannot be trusted.

Angela Merkil should go to the nuclear plant immediately and assess the situation.

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#38 12-09-2011 12:46pm

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Those french cant do anything right, first the 1798 rebellion now this...

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#39 12-09-2011 12:49pm

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Information about the Marcoule facility:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcoule

Open since 1956, similar age to Sellafield.

It contains the MELOX plant which produces MOX fuel and a pressurised water reactor which is or was used to produce tritium. It is unclear if this PWR is still in operation.

It also contains three decommissioned UNGG reactors, which are old gas-cooled reactors similar to the British MAGNOX plants.

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#40 12-09-2011 12:53pm

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Only one thing for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

https://ormondelanguagetours.com
Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.

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#41 12-09-2011 1:00pm

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I'm expecting any moment now to hear that France has unconditionally surrendered.

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#42 12-09-2011 1:01pm

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Rebel021 wrote: »

In the bin with mine

I still have them right beside me. They expired about 8 years ago though. Ah shur, thats only a precaution date anyway. They'll be grand.

Nuclear power gets too much of a bad rep. I reckon its all just scare mongering and isn't as dangerous as everybody thinks it is. However, when its in Ukraine! Thats a whole different story. Every thing is dangerous in Ukraine.

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#43 12-09-2011 1:06pm

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Am I too late to make a stupid joke in the hope of a few thanks ??? Ah well.

I thought they was all gonna switch to this Thorium stuff. What ever happened to that?

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#44 12-09-2011 1:10pm

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Skunkle wrote: »

Am I too late to make a stupid joke in the hope of a few thanks ??? Ah well.

I thought they was all gonna switch to this Thorium stuff. What ever happened to that?

Not if its a decent joke.

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#45 12-09-2011 1:12pm

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donalg1 wrote: »

Phew just got back from France on Saturday.

Oh yeah wasnt me btw

Long fuse?

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#46 12-09-2011 1:12pm

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There were no radioactive leaks after the blast

Unlikely.

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Great. Now we'll have extremely ignorant mutants then.

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#48 12-09-2011 1:18pm

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mathie wrote: »

Unlikely.

Why unlikely? Cant I just blindly follow the media reports, they make me feel better!

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#49 12-09-2011 1:22pm

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-Kenny- wrote: »

I blame one of them fools in sector 7-G

"Now now Kent, Meltdown is such a dramatic word, we prefer to use the phrase unrequested fission surplus"

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#50 12-09-2011 1:38pm

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Mixed OXide fuel is the dirtiest nuclear fuel there is, it's made from other spent nuclear fuels. The French are the last people to trust in a nuclear accident, when the Russians reported that the projected death toll from Chernobyl would four million plus, the French spat their dummy and had it dropped from the official report. Expect nothing but fudge, waffle and a load of crepe out of them over this.

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#51 12-09-2011 1:39pm

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EI_Flyboy wrote: »

Expect nothing but fudge, waffle and a load of crepe out of them over this.

God that sounds good.

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