Tag Archives: France

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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Fire at French nuclear reactor extinguished, EDF says via Reuters

Posted on 2017/06/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A fire that broke out on the roof of a nuclear reactor at the Bugey plant in central-eastern France has been extinguished, operator EDF said on Monday, citing fire brigade officials.  The fire began at the plant’s nuclear reactor number … 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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Tahiti welcomes French nuclear compo law amendment via RNZ

Posted on 2017/02/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has hailed as historic the French decision to remove the term negligible risk from the nuclear compensation law. The National Assembly unanimously voted to amend the law, drawn up by Herve Morin when he … Continue reading →

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U.S. lists 17 nuclear reactors with parts from forge under probe via Reuters

Posted on 2017/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Tuesday unveiled a letter showing that 17 of the country’s nuclear reactors have parts from Areva SA’s Le Creusot forge in France, which is under investigation for allegedly falsifying documents on the quality … Continue reading →

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French nuclear power in ‘worst situation ever’, says former EDF director via The Guardian

Posted on 2016/11/30 by norma field

  In the week Britain exports electricity to France for first time in four years, Gérard Magnin says renewable power will match Hinkley Point C on cost. The French nuclear industry is in its “worst situation ever” because of a … 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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Utilities to check forged steel in all reactors　via NHK World

Posted on 2016/09/04 by norma field

Power utilities in Japan have found that all their reactors use steel components made in the same way as supposedly weak French products. They are now set to check the durability of the components in question. The utilities examined the … 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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