Metallurgy company ADF in Colmar reported on Wednesday that a gamma graph was emitting gamma radiation. The company site was evacuated and a security perimeter was set up.
At least ten local residents were evacuated and accommodated in premises made available by the neighboring Berlioz college. No injuries were reported, and the worker who was on the front line at the time of the leak would have suffered little radiation, according to Latest News from Alsace. The grammograph must be disabled in order to avoid the risk of irradiation, explained Éric Straumann, the mayor of Colmar on his Facebook account. The district must remain inaccessible on Thursday within aSecurity perimeter with a radius of 130 meters. Companies located within the security perimeter will therefore not be able to welcome their employees until the end of these operations, indicated the Haut-Rhin prefecture in a press release sent during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The school outside the perimeter will not be impacted and classes must be held normally.