France: Incident at Fessenheim nuclear power plant

On the afternoon of September 5, an incident occurred at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, in the Haut-Rhin region of France that caused two people to suffer minor burns.

The incident occurred around 15:30 to 16:00 (local time), when a large cloud of smoke rose and dissipated quickly.

Fessenheim nuclear power plant

About 50 emergency firefighters were mobilized to intervene in place, everything was resolved at 17 o'clock.

Local police confirmed that the incident was not a fire but that the chemical reaction in the reservoir evaporated the water. No significant damage from this incident.

This is also confirmed by French Power Company (EDF).

Previously, on April 25, another incident was also at this nuclear power plant, when a fire caught fire in a non-nuclear division. Thankfully nobody was hurt.

Fessenheim, the oldest nuclear power plant among France's nuclear power centers, is expected to close by 2017, according to François Hollande's commitment to ecological activists in the campaign. French presidential election.

Built on the banks of the Rhine River, the plant has two reactors with a capacity of 900MW, which has been in use since 1977.

Although the consequences are not serious, the above incident will promote the closure of this factory.