Cité des Sciences : Science newsScience news powered by la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, ParisOne year after the Toulouse disaster: what lessons have been learnt- September 30, 2003 On the 21st September 2001, an explosion in Shed 221 of the AZF plant killed thirty people and injured nearly nine thousand. The catastrophe cost the French government 228 million euros and TotalFinaElf, owner of AZF, more than 2 billion. One year after the tragedy, as controversy still rages over the causes of the accident, the inhabitants of Toulouse-as well as ten million other people who live near to high-risk plants in France-are waiting for concrete measures to enhance industrial safety.http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.p... Thermonuclear fusion: tomorrow's source of energy- September 28, 2003 Harnessing the energy released by an artificial "miniature Sun" is the goal of the ITER programme. Four sites, one of which is in France, are competing for this experimental reactor.http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/science_actualites/sitesactu/question_actu.p... |