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L’Algérie réclamera des indemnités de la France via TRT Français

Posted on 2018/01/29 by nfield

[…] La France a effectué entre 1966 et 1996, environ 210 essais nucléaires en Algérie et dans la Polynésie française. Plus de 100 000 personnes ont été affectées par les essais nucléaires qui sont une ‘tâche noire’ dans l’histoire de … Continue reading →

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France outlines plans to shutter Fessenheim nuclear plant on German border via DW

Posted on 2018/01/20 by nfield

France is advancing with plans to close its Fessenheim nuclear power plant on the border with Germany. The French environment minister said concerns about job losses can be addressed through opportunities in Germany. France’s environment minister on Friday said the … Continue reading →

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France backtracks on promise to cut nuclear power reliance via The Local

Posted on 2017/11/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The French government said Tuesday that it probably would not be able to keep its 2025 deadline for reducing the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear to 50 percent, an admission which angered ecologists. Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot admitted it … Continue reading →

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Nobel prize money will no longer be ‘invested’ in nuclear weapons via France 24

Posted on 2017/11/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

OSLO (AFP) –  The Nobel Foundation said Friday its prizes will no longer be funded with investments from nuclear arms producers, just weeks after awarding the peace prize to a nuclear weapons disarmament campaign group. The private institution, based in Stockholm, … Continue reading →

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France to decide by end 2018 how many nuclear plants to shut: minister via Reuters

Posted on 2017/10/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS (Reuters) – France will detail at the end of 2018 how many nuclear reactors will close to meet a target on reducing atomic energy, Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot told French daily Le Monde on Saturday. France aims to cut … Continue reading →

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France’s nuclear spent-fuel pools major security risk: Greenpeace via Reuters

Posted on 2017/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS (Reuters) – The spent-fuel pools of French utility EDF’s nuclear reactors are highly vulnerable to attacks, Greenpeace said in a report published on Tuesday. Written by a group of nuclear experts and delivered to French authorities, the report says … Continue reading →

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Natural’ quake detected near N. Korea nuclear site via France 24

Posted on 2017/09/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

China said a magnitude 3.4 earthquake detected in North Korea on Saturday was a “suspected explosion”, raising fears the isolated state had conducted another nuclear bomb test just weeks after its last one. An official at South Korea‘s meteorological agency … Continue reading →

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Video: Returning to Fukushima via France 24

Posted on 2017/09/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, in 1986. Just like in the Soviet Union, thousands of people were evacuated around the disaster zone. But unlike the … Continue reading →

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France’s EDF cuts output at two nuclear reactors due to heatwave via Reuters

Posted on 2017/07/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS, July 18 (Reuters) – French utility EDF cut output at two reactors at its Tricastin nuclear plant in southern France on Tuesday, due to scorching temperatures, to reduce the amount of heated water from the reactors’ cooling system flowing … Continue reading →

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France could close ‘up to 17’ nuclear reactors by 2025 via France 24

Posted on 2017/07/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nicolas Hulot, France’s environment minister, announced on Monday that France could close “up to 17 nuclear reactors” by 2025. Hulot says the move aims to bring policy into line with a law on renewable energy that aims to reduce French … Continue reading →

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