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| Steam blast hurts two at France's Fessenheim nuclear plant | |
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| A blast of escaping steam has triggered a fire alert at a French nuclear power station, officials said. | |
| French power supplier EDF said two people were slightly burnt in the incident at the Fessenheim power station in eastern France. | |
| Local officials said "oxygenated steam" was produced when hydrogen peroxide reacted with water in a reservoir. | |
| EDF said the escape had triggered the fire alarms but first reports of a blaze were unfounded. | |
| The power station, which has the oldest nuclear reactors in France, has been the target of regular anti-nuclear protests. | |
| "It was not a fire, there was an outlet of oxygenated steam," the local prefecture said, quoted by the French AFP news agency. | |
| The fire service said about 50 firefighters had been deployed. | |
| EDF said the two workers injured had been "slightly burnt through their gloves". | |
| Fessenheim, which is close to France's borders with Germany and Switzerland, opened in 1977 and draws water for cooling from the Rhine. | |
| However, it has been mired in controversy largely due to its location which makes it vulnerable to seismic activity and flooding. |