Earthquake in France: 3 reactors of the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant blocked

It did not cause "apparent damage" to the buildings of the central and the plant continued to function normally, but what happened on 11 November was the earthquake strongest occurred in France since 2003. The 5.4 magnitude quake was heard before noon from Lyon to Grenoble, from Marseilles to Montpellier. He injured 4 people, of which one in a serious way. And the three reactors of the nuclear power plant of Cruas-Meysse, in the Ardeche, they will be blocked to allow "in-depth checks" and make sure that the shock has not damaged them. The operator Edf will have to establish what was the seismic "impact" on the set of installations. For the prefect Hugues Moutouh, "No damage was found" by the earthquake that the Seismic Observation Center of Strasbourg located at 11:52 "26 kilometers southeast of Privas".

For the rest, the damage was limited. Of the four wounded, three suffered the consequences of a "panic crisis", while one reported serious consequences for the collapse of a scaffolding at Montelimar, the city where the earthquake he was warned more strongly. Witnesses interviewed by TV said they had heard "a very strong roar", a Montelimar there are many who report damage to buildings, especially cracks. The mayor of Teil, country near Montelimar, Olivier Peverelli, said that two bell towers "are about to fall" and the top floor of the Common it is inaccessible due to falling ceilings. He announced that he had opened three gyms to accommodate between 400 and 500 people who, for fear of collapse, do not want to spend the night at home.

According to the anti-nuclear collective of Vaucluse, department further south of theArdeche, the epicenter was located "less than 20 kilometers from the nuclear power plant of Cruas, where the quake was felt in the engine room of the reactors, and 30 kilometers from the nuclear site of the Tricastin". The latter, adds the collective, "stands on an active seismic fault and is the most threatening in Europe". For some time, ecologists they ask for its closure.

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