On the evening of Tuesday 20 October 2026, the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDIS) reported that a fire had broken out on the premises of Cattenom nuclear power station.
According to the CGDIS, on Tuesday afternoon they received a report from plant operator EDF that an electrical transformer had caught fire outside the zone of production Unit 3. The flames were contained by an automatic fire-suppression system. Fire crews from Thionville, Hayange and Sierck-les-Bains were also deployed.
The CGDIS confirmed that as the incident was located outside of the building of the nuclear facility no radioactivity was detected.
EDF added that there were no injuries and there is no risk to the general population.
