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In France, anti-nuclear activists protest sixth MOX shipment en route to Japan via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/06 by nfield

PARIS – A cargo of reprocessed nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium left the French port of Cherbourg for Japan under heavy security on Wednesday as demonstrators protested the transport. The controversial shipment from a plant of the French nuclear group … Continue reading →

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MOX fuel shipment leaves France for Japan via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2017/07/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two ships carrying mixed oxide (MOX) fuel yesterday departed from the French port of Cherbourg en route to Japan. It is the sixth such shipment of MOX fuel from Europe to Japan. Two ships – the Pacific Heron and the Pacific Egret – are … Continue reading →

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France to close some nuclear reactors, says ecology minister Hulot via Reuters

Posted on 2017/06/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French environment and energy minister Nicolas Hulot said on Monday that the government plans to close some nuclear reactors of state-controlled utility EDF to reduce nuclear’s share of the country’s power mix. He gave no indication of timing. Hulot told … Continue reading →

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Lobby groups file challenge to France’s Flamanville nuclear reactor via Reuters

Posted on 2017/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A group of activists has filed a legal challenge with the French prime minister’s office against the extension of EDF’s license for construction of the Flamanville nuclear reactor in northern France. The move by Greenpeace and other anti-nuclear groups is … Continue reading →

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Are France’s ageing nuclear plants safe? via France24

Posted on 2017/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Despite heightened surveillance and draconian control measures, the answers from nuclear analysts is far from unanimous. Despite these questions, the French power giant that manages them, EDF, wants to prolong their life by ten or even 20 years. Furthermore, the … Continue reading →

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France announces alarm over nuclear power plants via Ansamed

Posted on 2016/11/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS – Due to technical problems and financial difficulties experienced by energy giants EDF and Areva, the conditions of French nuclear power plants ”has become very worrisome”, Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) president Pierre-Franck Chevet said on Wednesday. Interviewed by the … Continue reading →

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The unexpected dangers of mushroom hunting in France via The Local

Posted on 2016/11/15 by norma field

[…] A study published on Monday revealed that mushrooms in the Rhône-Alpes region in south west France are still contaminated by radiation, due to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years ago. The news site France Bleu Drôme-Ardèche revealed that scientists … Continue reading →

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France’s Nuclear Power Stations ‘At Risk of Catastrophic Failure’ via Ecologist

Posted on 2016/10/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sizewell B and 27 Other EDF Nuclear Plants A new report finds that 28 nuclear reactors, 18 of them EDF plants in France and one at Sizewell in the UK, are at risk of failure ‘including core meltdown’ due to … Continue reading →

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Tahiti Protestants take France to court via RNZ

Posted on 2016/08/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French Polynesia’s Protestant church has decided to take France to the International Criminal Court over the legacy of the French nuclear weapons tests. The decision was announced at the conclusion of the Maohi Protestant Church Synod in Tahiti. Its secretary … Continue reading →

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Theresa May delays China-France nuclear plant at Hinkley Point via Press TV

Posted on 2016/07/31 by norma field

British Prime Minister Theresa May has personally intervened to delay the construction of a controversial nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C to further review the costly project. May’s predecessor David Cameron promoted the £18 billion project by French energy … Continue reading →

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