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New uranium leak in French Areva factory
French nuclear firm Areva has detected a uranium leak that could date back several years at a factory in southeastern France, the French safety authority said on Friday.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:16 July 18, 2008
Paris: French nuclear firm Areva has detected a uranium leak that could date back several years at a factory in southeastern France, the French safety authority said on Friday.
The nuclear watchdog of Europe's biggest atomic energy nation said it had dispatched a team of experts to check the site, but did not give any indication about the size of the leak.
Areva, a state-controlled company which makes nuclear reactors and deals with uranium, said the leak was confined to its FBFC site and did not pose a danger to the environment.
"The defective pipe was shut by our teams," Areva said in a statement, adding that the pipe linked a workshop making fuel to a uranium treatment station.
News of the leak came the day after France ordered tests at all its 19 nuclear power plants following the discovery that liquid containing non-enriched uranium had been accidentally released from another Areva site in southeast France.
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