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French nuclear plant evacuated after bomb scare

30/04/2009 - 9:36

PARIS (Reuters) - A nuclear power station at Chinon in central France was evacuated on Thursday after a phone call warning of a bomb, power supplier EDF said.

EDF said the anonymous phone call was made at 0355 GMT. It said searches were ongoing at the station but the core areas of the plant had been secured.

(Reporting by Muriel Boselli and Mathilde Cru, writing by Estelle Shirbon)