Remember the Uranium solution leak in Électricité de France’s atomic plant Tricastin – July 8th 2008 – HERE. The decision of the French prefectur of the Deptartment Vaucluse – web - took hours, so the warning not to take a bath in the now Uranium contaminated also came too late. Here is their official paper: .pdf file
But the Uranium contamination already happened. This is radiation safety in France: A scandal. Similar to Germany: Vattenfall scandals in atomic power plants.
Here are more reactions on this new French scandal:
IPPNW news – Uranium: bio-available, toxic and radioactive
This article contains the following: IPPNW (http://www.ippnw.org) believes, that the leaked Uranium now is easy biological available. The decay products of the leaked Uranium now enters fishing, irrigation of farming and the food chain – so they reach the people. Uranium is an alpha emitter – this means that at the same energy dose there is a much more higher cytotoxic and cancer carcinogenic potential than a gamma ray emitter. A thing the IAEA denies.
IPPNW also writes, that as usual in the atomic industry, we’ll have to reckon with aimed disinformation.
So, I also think the French authorities tell the people, that peoples health is not in danger. That’s what they always say, no matter what happened, cause in an emergency it’s not EdF who pays, it’s the federal state – with our money. So, let’s downplay.
More reactions from environment protection movement Sortir du Nucléaire – web:
They say it is impossible, that the people are not in danger – because of this worst French atomic accident in the last years.
More French atomic power scandals here:
EdF – Eléctricité der France and the rising suicide rate in in Chinon atomic power plant
Cooperation between Lybia and France on the atomic sector
French atomic power plant: Worker contaminated with radiation – Again
Bad Business – France and Lybia on the atomic sector
Let’s build more atomic power plants. It’s green, it’s peaceful. Forget about the health.
