Blast at the Marcoule nuclear site in France, One person has been killed and four injured.
There is no risk of a radioactive leakage after the blast, caused by a fire near a furnace in the Centraco radioactive waste storage site.
The owner of the southern French plant, said it had been "an industrial damage, not a nuclear accident".
Reason of blast can not be detected.
The explosion blast at 11:45 local time (09:45 GMT). A security cordon was set up as a precaution.
But interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet later said there is no leakage of radiation, neither inside nor outside the plant.
Radiation does not effect single person, said officials. The worker who died was killed by the blast and not by exposure to nuclear material.
The EDF spokesman said blast happened in furnace used to burn waste, including fuels, tools and clothing which had been used in nuclear energy production but had only very low levels of radiation.The fire was under control.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was in touch with the French authorities to learn more about the nature of the explosion.
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