Explosion of a furnace at the Marcoule nuclear site

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Explosion of a furnace at the Marcoule nuclear site




by renaud67 » 12/09/11, 13:51

Dedelco in nightmare marcoule did it :|

Gard: One dead and several injured after the explosion of an oven at the Marcoule nuclear site

The explosion of an oven on Monday morning at the Marcoule nuclear site, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Gard), left one dead and three injured, one seriously, report Midi Libre and France 3. risk of radioactive leakage.

The accident took place around 11:45 a.m. in the Centraco nuclear waste reprocessing plant (Nuclear Processing and Conditioning Center) following a fire, according to France 3.

The gendarmerie, firefighters and a SAMU helicopter are on the scene, a security perimeter has been set up around the nuclear site, according to Midi Libre and France 3.


http://www.20minutes.fr/article/785464/ ... e-marcoule
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by Remundo » 12/09/11, 13:58

I just heard the news.

For the moment we don't know much.

Here is the history of Marcoule and its current vocation:
At the Marcoule site, AREVA is the CEA's benchmark industrial partner for the clean-up and dismantling of nuclear installations at the end of their life and for the operation of industrial installations [ref. necessary]. The Marcoule site saw the birth of industrial and military applications of plutonium in France. The arrival at the end of the life of certain installations results in the setting up of dismantling sites, and the launching of new projects.


France 3 Gard wrote:An explosion at the Marcoule nuclear power plant in the Gard would have left one dead and several injured this afternoon
The accident is said to have occurred following a fire at a radioactive waste storage site. According to the firefighters, it caused an explosion causing 1 death and 3 injuries. The alert was quickly given. A security perimeter is already in place around the nuclear power plant.
http://languedoc-roussillon.france3.fr/ ... 66079.html


A priori, the radionuclides will take a stroll in nature ... :?
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by Christophe » 12/09/11, 14:01

Sister Anne, can't you see anything coming? : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: : Evil:
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by Remundo » 12/09/11, 14:07

To give you my feeling ...

I think it's about Centraco LINK WIKI

Centraco is the incineration part of Low and Medium Activity waste.

It includes a foundry: and foundries, it can explode with water accidentally spilled into the magma (steam explosion).

So here's a track, but wait for the details.
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by Christophe » 12/09/11, 14:21

A little early make a diagnosis of the causes ... the consequences are more important at present not?

In any case no info for the moment on the official site: http://www.socodei.fr/centraco.php

I'm not sure we can talk about an incinerator but rather a foundry, right?
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by Remundo » 12/09/11, 15:03

in fact, it is a complex intended to reduce the volume of waste.

There is an incinerator part, and for metal residues, a foundry that makes ingots and tubes.

Rue89 seems to be better informed and my intuition is confirmed
more complete : http://www.rue89.com/2011/09/12/une-exp ... ves-221607
Marcoule: one dead, no escape (ASN)
Le Figaro.fr avec agencies Updated on 12/09/2011 at 14:08 | published on 12/09/2011 at 14:08

The explosion which occurred this morning on a Marcoule nuclear site in Codolet, in the Gard, left one dead and four injured, including one serious, announced the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN). The prefecture had previously reported four wounded.

According to preliminary information, the explosion hit a furnace used to melt low and very low level radioactive metal waste, ASN said in a press release. "There are no discharges outside the installation", she adds..

The affected site, Centraco (Center for the treatment and conditioning of low-level waste), is operated by SOCODEI. The latter launched its emergency plan in accordance with the procedures, adds the ASN press release.

No leaks according to ASN! Just a little tobacco smoke : Lol:
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by dedeleco » 12/09/11, 15:08

the typical sentence:
The risk of radioactive leakage is low. The nuclear safety authority announces the possibility of very weakly radioactive leaks. But no release of radioactivity into the air.

Since they are reprocessing, in the fire and the oven there must have been radioactive junk !!

and also the real risks of the beautiful neighborhood:
Created in 1956, the Marcoule nuclear site covers the municipalities of Chusclan and Codolet, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the Gard. This industrial site, located on the banks of the Rhône between Montélimar (65 km upstream) and Avignon (30 km downstream), is located in the Côtes-du-Rhône region, a tourist, agricultural and wine-growing area. Nîmes is located 45 km south-west of the complex.


and the real risk:
The winds at 13 p.m. were heading towards Avignon from the nuclear site.

The parents of one of my beautiful daughters are very well placed close to Avignon !!
They should buy a radioactive dosimeter !!
If beep beep, then they should go to the other end of France !!

If like Fukushima, the exact info will have some delays !!
5 months !!


High levels of radiation found in remote areas

Japan's science ministry has compiled a map showing radiation levels in Fukushima and 4 surrounding prefectures, based on the results of an aerial survey.

Removal of radioactive substances will be required in the affected areas.

In the map, levels of radioactivity at locations one meter above the ground are highlighted in different colors.

Red is for areas where the radiation level is 19 microsieverts per hour or higher.

The red band spreads from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the northwest and extends about 30 kilometers.

Areas with radiation levels of 3.8 microsieverts per hour or above are highlighted in yellow. The figure translates to above 20 millisieverts per year, a threshold in designating an evacuation zone. The yellow area extends beyond the current evacuation zone.

Light green shows levels between 0.5 and one microsievert per hour. They still are far beyond the annual level of one millisievert which is believed to cause no harm to people. Much of Fukushima Prefecture, southern parts of Miyagi Prefecture, and northern parts of Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures lie in this zone.

Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:49 +0900 (JST)

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In yellow and red, more than 38 times the natural radioactivity.
It is low radioactivity !!!!
According to the course of Jancovici (and others) at less than 200millisieverts / year, because not documented !!!
And who kills you pretty well for fear of radioactivity !!!

Trust is earned and nuclear has hidden too much !!
We were made to believe that nuclear power can be infallible !!!!!
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by dedeleco » 12/09/11, 15:47

Each line of:
http://www.rue89.com/2011/09/12/une-exp ... ves-221607
worth its weight of info to thrill !!!!
Not the first time in Marcoule

Last March, a level 2 incident (on a scale of 7) had already occurred on the same Marcoule platform. This incident had first been declared "level 1" by Areva, but after studying the file, the Nuclear Safety Authority had decided to classify it "level 2". Argument put forward by ASN: "Failure to comply with several installation safety requirements".

On the same site, Areva produces MOX, a fuel from a mixture of uranium and plutonium and particularly radioactive.

On March 3, recalled L'Express, during an exceptional operation, a mass of fissile material had been introduced into the factory, and this material had caused a exceeding the “criticality safety limit” - a criticality accident corresponds to the start of an uncontrolled nuclear reaction - because, it seems, the fissile material had not been properly weighed. L'Express continues:

“Admittedly, the limit was only exceeded by“ 1% ”specifies ASN - the risk of criticality was therefore zero. Admittedly, this “event” had no impact on the personnel or on the environment, says ASN. Certainly finally, it was repaired the next day. "

What about iodine?
Hopefully the surrounding populations have iodine at their disposal, as provided for in the priority intervention plans (PPI). As we revealed, France knows some failures in the equipment of this preventive treatment, to be taken very quickly after a radioactive leak.



and for journalists no longer responsible:
But according to the local daily newspaper Le Midi-Libre which sent journalists on the spot:

"No radioactivity containment measures have been put in place in the surrounding villages, nor any security perimeter around the factory. Only the gates of the enclosure were closed ”;

faced with the urgency of the event and the need to promptly inform residents concerned about a possible radioactive leak, ASN replied that in the face of such an incident, the internal procedure provided for " wait for the green light from the division head before communicating any information. "
contacted at 14 p.m., almost two hours after the facts, the ASN Marseille division, responsible for ensuring nuclear control to protect the public and inform citizens, said it had no manager available on site to respond to the press, and advised to "call back later";
at 14:15 p.m., she clarified that all the officials had left for the Marcoule site and were therefore not reachable, and that it was therefore necessary to wait for the return of the head of division before having any information;


So sure and certain, inhabitants all around 150Km (Gard, Ardéche, Rhône valley, etc.) have a radioactive counter that works and as soon as the radioactivity is 20 to 30 times the normal value, take iodine from the pharmacist, at least for the children, and get the hell out of the wind as far as possible especially for your children and women in early pregnancy, without breathing the air, remaining confined (breathing scuba tanks ) !!!
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by Christophe » 12/09/11, 16:21

I strongly doubt that the iodine is really used for something in the event of leakage on waste which is a mix of various filth ...

As a reminder: 1g of plutonium can kill 1 million people (lethal dose = 1µg) and iodine can do absolutely nothing !!
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by dedeleco » 12/09/11, 16:30

A nuclear reaction makes lots of junk especially iodine and therefore if the junk is released, often very impure, with high level of radioactivity, there will be iodine the first weeks, very dangerous for fetuses and children .
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