Tag Archives: France

EU draws up plans to allow state aid for nuclear power via Financial Times

Posted on 2013/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The EU has drawn up plans to change state aid rules to make it easier for member countries to subsidise nuclear power, in a move that looks set to trigger a political row across the continent. By exempting all nuclear … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant via Reuters

Posted on 2013/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Around 30 Greenpeace activists climbed fences to break into an EDF nuclear power plant in southern France at dawn on Monday, saying they wanted to expose security flaws and demand its closure. The activists, dressed in red, said … Continue reading →

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French nuclear tests ‘showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity’ via the Guardian

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

French nuclear tests in the South Pacific in the 1960s and 1970s were far more toxic than has been previously acknowledged and hit a vast swath of Polynesia with radioactive fallout, according to newly declassified ministry of defence documents which … Continue reading →

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Le Japon se prévaut de la “leçon” tirée de Fukushima pour vanter son nucléaire via Le Monde

Posted on 2013/06/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo, correspondant. Le Japon, qui a connu, à Fukushima, en mars 2011, le plus grave accident nucléaire depuis celui de Tchernobyl en 1986, compte faire de l’exportation de son savoir-faire en la matière un axe de sa stratégie de croissance. … Continue reading →

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French Debates on Nuclear-Waste Repository Postponed by Protests via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/05/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French plans to build a nuclear-waste repository were set back when two public meetings were postponed by local opposition. A debate scheduled for tomorrow in Saint Didier, northeastern France, and another in the nearby town of Joinville on June 6 … Continue reading →

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One dead, 14 wounded in Niger uranium mine bombing: Areva via expatica.com

Posted on 2013/05/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French nuclear group Areva said Thursday that one person was killed and 14 wounded in a car bomb attack at its uranium mine in northern Niger, without disclosing their nationalities. Areva said in a statement that the wounded were being … Continue reading →

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[UK] Government reaffirms nuclear commitment via the construction index

Posted on 2013/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

While a deal between the government and EDF over a pricing structure for nuclear-generated power remains elusive, the minister in charge has today reaffirmed his commitment to a major nuclear construction programme. French company EDF is all ready to start … Continue reading →

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EDF Faces ‘Uncertainty’ on Nuclear Reactor Life Spans, ASN Says via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/04/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Electricite de France SA, Europe’s biggest nuclear operator, faces “uncertainty” about how long it can operate its French reactors, the country’s regulator said. “We are a long way from making a decision,” on whether EDF will be able to operate … Continue reading →

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Tous Cobayes? / All of us guinea-pigs now? / 世界が食べられなくなる日 via YouTube

Posted on 2013/04/10 by kojimaaiko

(Trailer with English subtitle) (日本語字幕付き予告編） 参考リンク　遺伝子組み換え作物と原発、危険性似ている、福島で撮影　仏映画監督（東京新聞）via facebook

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Turkey close to $20bn nuclear plant announcement via Power Engineering International

Posted on 2013/04/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Turkey is about to make a decision on the awarding of its new nuclear power plant at Sinop, on the Black Sea. Earlier Nikkei Business Daily stated that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Areva (Euronext: CEI) had won the contract to construct … Continue reading →

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