An explosion has rocked a processing center for nuclear waste in S. France

[bobbyw24]

Explosion is reported at the #Marcoule nuclear plant in southern #France with risk of a radioactive leak, emergency officials say

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/12/radioactive-leak-fears-after-nuclear-plant-explosion-in-france/

[acptulsa]

God save us from our own folly.

[specsaregood]

I'd say this is the important part of the article:


The accident happened at a processing center for nuclear waste, the report said


Doesn't sound like it is the reactor or that big of a deal.

[Bern]

Waste processing unit, so doesn't look to be a reactor or harbinger of anything truly catastrophic.

[Don Lapre]

I'd say this is the important part of the article:


Doesn't sound like it is the reactor or that big of a deal.

Leave it to the Frenchies to screw up the end of the world.

[wgadget]

Are you sure it wasn't just their banks being downgraded?