Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.
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Emergency Shutdown at French Nuke Plant After Radioactive Cooling Fluid Leak
Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.
A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out on Friday, the plant’s operator EDF said.
Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a cooling pump was damaged, in turn causing a joint to leak radioactive water into collection tanks located inside the reactor building, EDF said.
The reactor continued to be cooled properly and teams were working to lower the water pressure, the company said.
EDF said the installation was secure, no-one was injured, and there were “no consequences for the environment”.
It was not clear what caused the fires but the French Nuclear Safety Authority said firefighters had found small pools of burning oil but quickly extinguished the flames.
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