Evacuation at French nuclear plant
An engineer has said 127 people were evacuated from a French nuclear site after what he called a minor incident that triggered an alarm.
Engineer Jean Girardi said 45 of those workers have been taken to the hospital after the incident at the Tricastin nuclear complex near the city of Avignon in southern France.
Mr Girardi said the alarm was apparently set off by a minor leak of radioactive particles. He also said tests found "extremely weak traces of radioactivity" on two people.
The French electric company EDF said Tuesday's incident had no impact on employees' health.
It has declined further comment.
The huge Tricastin nuclear complex has already been hit by two other incidents earlier this month.