French electric company says 100 employees ‘slightly contaminated’ at nuclear reactor site

By SPA,

Paris : Radioactive particles spewed from a pipe at a French nuclear reactor on Wednesday, slightly contaminating 100 employees, a spokeswoman for the national electric company said according to DPA.

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It was the fourth incident at a French nuclear site in recent weeks and the second in five days.

Caroline Muller, a spokeswoman for Electricite de France, said 100 EDF employees were slightly contaminated by radioactive particles that escaped from the pipe at a reactor complex in Tricastin, in southern France.

The incident occurred in reactor No. 4 at the facility, which had been shut down for refueling, she said.