Radioactive particles spewed from a pipe at a nuclear reactor in Tricastin of southern France Wednesday, slightly contaminating 100 employees, said a spokeswoman for electric company EDF.

法国电力公司发言人说，23日法南部的一个核反应堆的管道发生泄露，造成该公司100名工作人员受轻微放射性物质污染。

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