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March 01, 2013

Two workers die in fall at French nuclear plant
Nancy, France (AFP) Feb 28, 2013
Two workers were killed and a third was seriously injured Thursday when a raised platform they were standing on collapsed at one of France's largest nuclear plants, officials said. The accident at the Cattenom atomic energy plant in the Moselle region of northeastern France was not connected "to any nuclear risk", local officials in Moselle said. The accident, which occurred around 4:35 pm (1535 GMT), saw the trio fall four metres (13 feet) from a cherry-picker platform in a part of the plant t ... read more

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