Radioactive leaks at French nuclear reactor

A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port  of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out Thursday, the  plant’s operator EDF said.

Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a cooling pump was damaged,  in turn causing a joint to leak radioactive water into collection tanks located  inside the reactor building, EDF said. New Straits Times.