Air Vigilance, France Nature Environnement, Lorraine Nature Environnement and the “Sortir dunuclear” network claim this week to have filed a complaint with the Thionville public prosecutor’s office for “water pollution and various breaches of nuclear regulations”. In their sights, the Cattenom nuclear production center which, on February 20, released polluting discharges caused by an “accidental overflow of a hydrocarbon collection system”.
A large fire brigade was then deployed at the lock which adjoins the site. Initial investigations had been carried out on plates which floated on the Moselle, assimilated initially to hydrocarbon residues and contained by means of a floating dam. At the beginning of the evening, the nuclear power plant reacted officially to announce that “according to [les] first results, [les plaques] could come from [ses] facilities. “After the inspection of the banks, going up towards the Luxembourg and German borders, other plates with rainbow reflections had been seen.
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