NUCLEAR EXERCISE
June 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORNIn a test of national and international procedures to be followed after a nuclear accident, a simulated emergency has been carried out at the French reactor at Gravelines, near the border with Belgium across the English Channel. The test, which took place on May 22-23, involved "small plume of radioactivity being vented from the reactor, covering an evacuation area of 10 kilometres radius," said David Kyd, spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency.Data is still being analysed by the 54 countries and five international organisations, ...
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