1969 - Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France, Nuclear Power Plant Melted Down

Wikipedia; "On October 17, 1969 50 kg of uranium in one of the gas cooled reactors began to melt. This event was classified at 4 on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES),[2] and is, as of Dec 2011, the most serious civil nuclear power accident in France.[3]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent_Nuclear_Power_Plant

Saint-Laurent A-1 Nuclear Power Plant

Location: St. Laurent-Nouan, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

Reactor Type: Gas-cooled, graphite moderated.

Power: 1570 MWt; 405 MWe.

Melt Down Occurred: 50 Kg of Uranium melted Oct. 17, 1969.

http://energy.about.com/od/nuclear/a/12-Nuclear-Reactors-That-Have-Had-Meltdowns_2.htm

Picture of facility
http://www.javys.sk/en/nuclear-facilities/a1-nuclear-power-plant/history

A Greenpeace activist paraglides over the Bugey nuclear power plant in France to highlight gaps in security at the country's nuclear sites. Every nuclear plant is just a nuclear bomb, in slow motion. Any terrorist can easily bring down a nuclear power plant, as shown in this video, access is easy. Spent fuel pools are uncovered and easy targets for a terror attack. All nuclear plants are also vulnerable to natural disasters, which puts France at the top of the list in terms of disaster potential. 

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1969 - Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France, Nuclear Power Plant Melted Down; via @AGreenRoad
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