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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9729

30 August 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/nuclear
Commission is alerted by Belgian authorities about Fleurus radiological incident and measures taken to protect population

Brussels, 29/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 29 August, the European Commission announced it had received an alert from the Belgian authorities during the evening of 28 August regarding a radiological incident. There had been a release of gaseous Iodine-131 from the Institut National de Radio-élément (IRE) located in Fleurus. Measures have been taken to contain the leak.

To sound the alarm, Belgian authorities used the ECURIE system (European Community Urgent Radiological Information...