France orders probe at all nuclear sites

Article reports that the French government ordered an investigation into the water table around all of France’s 58 nuclear reactors, 17 July 2008, in an effort to dispel fears raised by a leak from the Socatri treatment plant at Tricastin run by Areva in southern France.

AREVA: Press Release, 17.7.08: SOCATRI: First conclusions of the internal audit and AREVA general inspection http://www.areva.com/servlet/cp_17_07_2008-c-PressRelease-cid-1215718115162-en.html

World Nuclear Association: Country Briefings: Nuclear Power in France http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf40.html

Wikipedia: Nuclear power in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France

Wikipedia: Tricastin Nuclear Power Center http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricastin_Nuclear_Power_Center

Spiegel Online International, 28.7.08: Chain of Accidents Prompts Soul Searching http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,568467,00.html

Website: Sortir du nucleaire http://www.sortirdunucleaire.org/

Spiegel Online International, 17.7.08: France to Test Groundwater at All Nuclear Plants http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,566412,00.html

France24, 18.7.08: New uranium leak discovered in Areva factory http://www.france24.com/en/20080718-new-uranium-leak-discovered-areva-factory-france-nuclear&navi=MONDE

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