Although it doesn't appear a serious incident, it might cause a few jitters and have some impact on Uranium stocks......
Nuclear plant explosion in France causes injuries, radiation risk played down
An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France’s northwest coast has caused minor injuries, but the authorities said there was no risk of radiation.
The blast occurred in the engine room at the Flamanville plant, which lies 25km west of the port of Cherbourg and just across from the Channel Islands.
“It is a technical incident. It is not a nuclear accident,” senior local official Jacques Witkowski told AFP.
He said a ventilator had exploded outside the nuclear zone at the plant, which has been in operation since the 1980s and is operated by state-controlled energy giant EDF.
“It’s all over. The emergency teams are leaving,” Witkowski said......
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...n/news-story/74fc5aa432376c5d859269b45c61feb5
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