Authorities have said an explosion at a nuclear power station in northern France caused minor injuries but happened outside the plant's nuclear zone and posed no risk of contamination.
"It is a significant technical event but it is not a nuclear accident," senior local official Olivier Marmion told AFP following the blast at the Flamanville plant.
The 1,300 MW each Flamanville 1 and 2 reactors were build in the 1980s.
A new reactor is being built at the site but the explosion did not take place there, a spokeswoman said.
The plant is sited 25km west of Cherbourg.
The 1,300 MW Flamanville 1 and 2 reactors were built in the 1980s.
A new reactor is being built at the site but the explosion did not take place there, a spokeswoman said.
The nuclear safety authority ASN said it had no information and could not immediately comment.
