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| Fire at Penly nuclear reactor in northern France | Fire at Penly nuclear reactor in northern France |
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| Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure. | Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure. |
| Ten fire engines were sent to the Penly site near Dieppe, where the reactor was shut down after the alarm was raised at 12:20 (11:20 GMT). | Ten fire engines were sent to the Penly site near Dieppe, where the reactor was shut down after the alarm was raised at 12:20 (11:20 GMT). |
| Nobody was hurt, the firm said, and the incident had "no consequences for the environment". | Nobody was hurt, the firm said, and the incident had "no consequences for the environment". |
| Two small fires had broken out but were later extinguished, the firm said. | Two small fires had broken out but were later extinguished, the firm said. |
| The fires were caused by hot oil leaking from a pump inside the reactor building, an EDF spokeswoman said, quoted by Reuters news agency. | |
| The Penly plant has two pressurised water reactors, cooled by water from the English Channel. | The Penly plant has two pressurised water reactors, cooled by water from the English Channel. |
| France obtains 75% of its electricity from nuclear power and the industry's future has become a political issue. | France obtains 75% of its electricity from nuclear power and the industry's future has become a political issue. |
| A release of smoke automatically shut down the No 2 reactor, according to the EDF. | |
| Emergency services tackled the two fires at 13:15, it said on its website. | |
| The head of the local monitoring commission (CLI) for the environment, Serge Boulanger, told AFP news agency a lack of oil in a water pump had caused it to smoke. | |
| "There would have been smoke but no flames," he said. | |
| EDF, however, talked of two "outbreaks of fire". |