Averted nuclear disaster in England?

[Lazar]

From the Telegraph:

More than 40,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked into the open when a 15ft crack appeared in a pipe leading to a cooling pond in the Sizewell A reactor in January 2007.

If the worker had not spotted it, the pool, which contained 5,000 spent uranium fuel rods, could have run dry, causing the rods to ignite which would have sparked a supercharged radioactive fire, it was claimed.

Despite the potential severity of the incident, no one has been fined or prosecuted.

HM Nuclear Installation Inspectorate, which compiled the report into the leak and found "significant risk that members of the public could have been harmed", only issued a safety directive to Magnox South, the site's operator.

[Lt. Staplic]

hay, look the UK public opinion is about to go anti-nuclear....because we all know that even though this is a minor thing, and the reason the emplyee probably cought it was because a safety alarm went off, if we leave these plants in operation, we could expect to constantly be avoiding nuclear holocost by the skin of our teath every day.

[Teaos]

Don't worry if England starts running out of power they will just import it from France like the rest of Europe... Hmmm I wonder where French power comes from... could it be, nuclear?

[Tsukiyumi]

...I wonder where French power comes from... could it be, nuclear?

I thought France was powered by rudeness?

[Sionnach Glic]

No, they upgraded to arrogance powered fission generators in the late 90's. Why else do you think the rest of Europe's been letting them think they're actualy relevant any more?

[Deepcrush]

Because its funny?

Did anyone else hear about France trying to build up its navy under the thought that they want to reclaim their rightful place in the world? I didn't know cheese required a navy and wine required a navy...

[Tyyr]

Oh don't worry, I'm sure Germany will be getting a burr up it's ass again soon and invade France out of shear habit.

[Deepcrush]

Am I the only one here that's of the mind to just let them have it? I'm willing to leave the Germans too it. I mean really, come on! Throw them a bone for effort. Besides, is there anyone left who wants to save them, yet again?

[Tyyr]

Well the last two times we saved their ass didn't get us anything so... sure, they can have it. German beer and French food combined into a single country, I think I can live with that.

[Deepcrush]

Good then, its agreed. The Germans get France. England gets rid of having to pretend to get along with France. Everyone throws a party.

That good for everyone?

[Tsukiyumi]

Works for me.

I'll draw up the paperwork.

[thelordharry]

Sacre Bleu! Where's my cheap Beaujolais going to come from now then!?!?!

[Tsukiyumi]

Sacre Bleu! Where's my cheap Beaujolais going to come from now then!?!?!

Let me look up what that is, and I'll get back to you.

EDIT: Ah, wine. Don't worry, Napa valley has some excellent stuff.

[thelordharry]

As long as it's not any wine made in Britain, that's cool with me.

[Mikey]

Yeah, but it's not Beaujolais unless its from Beaujolais.

Don't worry, TLH. The wine will still be made - it'll just be made by a nationalized company, after Germany buys it out for three times the actual value and then overpays into a worker's trust.