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French reactor shut down

April 5, 2012

Firefighters put out two fires blaze after smoke alarm triggered the shut down of a French nuclear reactor. Officials said there were no injuries or consequences for the environment.

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The nuclear reactor at Penly
Image: picture-alliance/dpa

Firefighters battled two blazes at a nuclear reactor in northern France after smoke triggered the alarms and automatically shut down the reactor, operator EDF said.

The firefighters "went into the building housing the reactor of the number two production unit of the Penly nuclear power plant to extinguish two fires," EDF said in a statement.

"There were no injuries, and the incident has no consequences for the environment," it said, adding that an emergency team had checked the plant to ensure the fires were extinguished.

The Penly nuclear power plant is located just outside Dieppe, Normandy.

Local authorities and the national nuclear safety organization were informed of the shutdown, and the national nuclear safety watchdog plans to carry out an inspection of the reactor on Friday.

tm/pfd (AFP, dpa)