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Jacques DUCO: Engineer from École Centrale de Paris - Former deputy head of the Environmental Protection and Facilities Department at the Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IPSN), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
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This article on "Nuclear accidents" looks at four major nuclear accidents in the past. Such accidents are extremely rare, and are the result of technical risks that were more or less well anticipated, whether in terms of facility design, operator training, or operating and maintenance conditions.
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