I chose an article from the New York Times about an explosion that occurred in a French nuclear waste treatment plant. France is one of the most nuclear nations in the world. Over 75% of its electricity is generated from nuclear fission. The explosion took place in southern France. It was not a nuclear explosion, but an industrial accident. Authorities are conducting test currently, but all evidence so far seems to say that no appreciable amount of radioactive material was released to the environment. Fission is a dangerous toy to be using to boil water, but until fusion power becomes available, it is here to stay as the big brother to alternative fuels. The safety of reactors is very high, but transportation and disposal facilities are less so, and the tsunami in Japan has reiterated the immensity of natural disaster. The acticle is ment to be soley informative. It does seem to downplay the danger a more serious explosion could have been.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/world/europe/13france.html?_r=1&hp
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