Tag Archives: France

When tritium is your beverage of choice via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2019/08/14 by nfield

Welcome to France By Linda Pentz Gunter The headline — Police probe opened into rumours of unsafe tap water in Paris — raised hopes that nuclear operators might finally be held accountable for what appears to be routine radioactive contamination of drinking … Continue reading →

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EDF to curb Bugey nuclear reactor output as Rhone river flow slows via Reuters

Posted on 2019/06/29 by nfield

[…] The plant near the Swiss border has four 900 MW reactors and uses water from the river for cooling. EDF’s use of water from rivers as coolant is regulated by law to protect plant and animal life. It is … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’ as stockpile reaches 250,000 tons, Greenpeace warns via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/02/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

PARIS – Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage … Continue reading →

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Storage of nuclear waste a ‘global crisis’: report via France24

Posted on 2019/01/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear waste is piling up around the world even as countries struggle to dispose of spent fuel that will remain highly toxic for many thousands of years, Greenpeace detailed in a report Wednesday. An analysis of waste storage facilities in … Continue reading →

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AFP: France sued for ‘crimes’ over nuclear tests: Polynesia leader via Focus

Posted on 2018/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Hague . A complaint has been filed at the Hague-based International Criminal Court against France for alleged crimes against humanity over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific, a French Polynesian opposition leader said on Tuesday, reported AFP. “It’s … Continue reading →

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The effects of French nuclear testing in the Pacific are still reverberating via Noted

Posted on 2018/09/30 by nfield

Bill Ralston talks to military man who spent time in the Pacific where France tested nuclear weapons. Denis had a problem. We were sitting talking in a cafe in Collioure, a gorgeous coastal village on the Mediterranean’s Côte Vermeille, about … Continue reading →

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Hot weather forces 4 French nuclear reactors to shut down via abc news

Posted on 2018/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As Europe struggles through a major heatwave, the French energy company EDF says it has halted a fourth nuclear reactor, this time one at the country’s oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim in eastern France. […] Since Thursday, four French nuclear … Continue reading →

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Quiet no more, French village becomes center of anti-nuclear protest via On News Today

Posted on 2018/04/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BURE, France (OnNewsToday) – The 82 residents of the French village of Bure lived a quiet life until the government began testing the feasibility of storing nuclear waste there. Now Bure is rocked by protests as a final decision on … Continue reading →

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How Fukushima turned a nuclear advocate into an antinuclear champion　via Christian Science Monitor

Posted on 2018/04/11 by nfield

APRIL 11, 2018  FLAMANVILLE, FRANCE—Trading “le nucléaire” for renewables is a tough sell in the planet’s most nuclear-dependent nation. Naoto Kan came to France anyway. The once pro-nuclear former prime minister who led Japan through the Fukushima nuclear disaster recently made … Continue reading →

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French police move in to clear nuclear storage protests via The Telegraph

Posted on 2018/02/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hundreds of French police swooped in at dawn to evict about 15 protesters living in treehouses at a site that is due to be developed to store nuclear waste deep under the earth. Two bulldozers accompanied around 500 gendarmes in … Continue reading →

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