The website for the operator firm Electricite de France (EDF) said the incident occurred on Thursday after the reactor at the Penly site, which lies on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe.
EDF stated that the fire had been extinguished with no injuries, assuring that “the incident poses no threat to the environment.”
The statement said firefighters “went into the building housing the reactor of the number two production unit of the Penly nuclear power plant to extinguish two fires.”
The French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said the firefighters had discovered small pools of oil on fire but had quickly extinguished the flames. ASN added that the authority would make an inspection of the site on Friday.
France is the world’s most nuclear-dependent country and operates 58 reactors, which supply 75 percent of the country’s electricity demand at home.
The country’s reliance on nuclear power has raised concerns since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, which pushed Germany to announce plans to shut all of its reactors by the end of 2022.
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