Lawyer Sanders says French nuclear plant has a buried pipe leaking radioactive material at nuclear plant.

French nuclear firm Areva detected a uranium leak that could date back several years at a factory it operates in southeastern France, the company announced. Areva, a government-controlled company which makes nuclear reactors and deals with uranium, said the leak came from a buried pipe transporting liquid uranium and that the crack in the tubing was "several years old."

The company discovered the leaking pipe during a maintenance operation. The leaking pipe connects a nuclear fuel fabrication facility to a treatment station. Monitoring measures currently show the leaking material is contained and has not migrated outside the building into the environment.