French Nuclear Powerstation Explosion

[Le TVR]

youngsyr said:

Seems to be a nuclear waste storage facility and decommissioning plant, not a nuclear power station:

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

Yes. It was a waste incinerator in a plant that handles very low contamination waste such as clothing, gloves, paper towels etc.

Not enough tin foil hat material in the truth.

[hairykrishna]

There's not going to be a leak. It's a waste handling facility and the part where the furnace explosion was handles stuff that's often not even detectably radioactive above background.

[The Black Flash]

Le TVR said:

Yes. It was a waste incinerator in a plant that handles very low contamination waste such as clothing, gloves, paper towels etc.

Not enough tin foil hat material in the truth.

The Beeb still spend half the article going on about nuclear power stations though. Not exactly at pains to point out the truth and prevent the spread of rumours.
Perhaps I expect too much from journalists though.

[Le TVR]

The Black Flash said:

Not exactly at pains to point out the truth and prevent the spread of rumours.
Perhaps I expect too much from journalists though.

The linked 'fact' page is even worse.
It's enough to make you believe there is an agenda running?
I mean it's so misinformed that I could imagine this correspondant would really fit it well with their global warming campaign...

... oh hang on

[Vixpy1]

Va Va Boom.

[Mojocvh]

Du1point8 said:

Bet it was a worker being an idiot and smoking near something flamable.

You forgot to say after lunch

[rhinochopig]

Many years ago I was chatting to a senior manager at Sizewell A whilst doing some consultancy there and we were discussing the media view of the nuclear industry.

He said that if they have a chef in the canteen involved in an accident - say they cut off a finger - it's never reported as 'Chef loses finger in canteen accident', it's 'Nuclear worker loses finger in accident at nuclear power station'.

[audidoody]

ramz said:

oh for f***s sake -_-

I'm due to spend a week around Avignon starting next sunday. Didn't plan on glowing in the dark when I come back home!

Erm. You'll be fine.

"There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site"

[audidoody]

ramz said:

oh for f***s sake -_-

I'm due to spend a week around Avignon starting next sunday. Didn't plan on glowing in the dark when I come back home!

Erm. You'll be fine.

"There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site"

[audidoody]

ramz said:

oh for f***s sake -_-

I'm due to spend a week around Avignon starting next sunday. Didn't plan on glowing in the dark when I come back home!

Erm. You'll be fine.

"There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site"

[audidoody]

ramz said:

oh for f***s sake -_-

I'm due to spend a week around Avignon starting next sunday. Didn't plan on glowing in the dark when I come back home!

Erm. You'll be fine.

"There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site"

[audidoody]

ramz said:

oh for f***s sake -_-

I'm due to spend a week around Avignon starting next sunday. Didn't plan on glowing in the dark when I come back home!

Erm. You'll be fine.

"There are no nuclear reactors at the southern French site"

[rhinochopig]

So I think that we can gather from that, that he'll be fine then

[ramz]

haha

I'll be fine (as long as the OH doesn't find out)

[Stu R]

Does anyone know if there are any nuclear reactors at the southern French site?

[eldar]

Mojocvh said:

You forgot to say after lunch

Lunch consisting of a garlic baguette and a bottle of cheap vin rouge

[Otispunkmeyer]

Stu R said:

Does anyone know if there are any nuclear reactors at the southern French site?

You know? I believe there isn't my good chap.

[eldar]

Otispunkmeyer said:

You know? I believe there isn't my good chap.

There was one, but they have cunningly disguised it as a mushroom cloud

[Happy82]

bus pass said:

Hang on, I spotted you in another thread about your French holiday nightmare, you're not trying to get revenge are you?