A first in France. EDF was sentenced on August 27 for “inexcusable misconduct” resulting in the death of one of its agents. The victim is called Jean-François Clois. After 30 years of service as a boilermaker at the Dampierre-en-Burly nuclear power plant, the man passed away at the age of 53. bronchopulmonary cancer. We are then April 25, 2009.
Four years later and after a long legal battle, his wife has just obtained recognition by the Social Security Court of Orlà © ans of the responsibility of Orlà © ans. EDF in her husband’s illness. “The occupational disease from which Jean-François Cloix was affected which led to his death is the consequence of an inexcusable fault on the part of the company EDF”, is he writes in black and white on the judgment rendered by the court.
According to the judgment relayed by The JDD, the electric giant has not proven that the cancer of its employee was not linked to the doses of radioactivity received ues, despite the health security measures put in place at the plant.
The radiation doses ionizing to which Jean-François Cloix was subjected reached 54.4 millisieverts (mSv) over 30 years, while the maximum authorized threshold has fallen from 50 mSv to 20 mSv per year.
A dose “which corresponds to a scanner every six years”, tempers the lawyer of EDF Me Philippe Toison, questioned by the AFP.
EDF will appeal against this decision, indicated their lawyer. 53,000 EDF employees are exposed to the rays daily, underlines the JDD.
