Tag Archives: France

Nuclear waste: keep out for 100,000 years via Financial Times

Posted on 2016/07/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nuclear agencies are searching for the signs, language and solutions that will warn our descendants to stay away We are in a red metal cage bumping slowly down a mineshaft to our destination, half a kilometre under the ground near … Continue reading →

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HomeNews ‘Underground Chernobyl’: French parliament OKs nuclear waste facility despite protests　via RT

Posted on 2016/07/13 by norma field

A controversial project of an underground facility storing the most hazardous nuclear waste in France has been recently approved by the parliament. Opponents of the law have already called the project an “underground Chernobyl.” On Monday, the National Assembly adopted … Continue reading →

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Cops and Protesters Clash in Paris as Strike Shuts Down France’s Nuclear Plants via Vice

Posted on 2016/05/27 by norma field

Nuclear power plants in France joined the nationwide industrial action this week, as protests against a controversial labor reform law escalated into more violence. A spokesperson for French trade union CGT told AFP that 19 refineries had voted to join … Continue reading →

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France’s nuclear giant Areva admits to ‘400 irregularities’ in power plant parts via The Telegraph

Posted on 2016/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

France’s ailing nuclear giant, Areva, faced a major scandal on Tuesday after the country’s nuclear watchdog confirmed there have been “irregularities” in 400 parts produced in its reactors since 1965, and that “around 50 are currently in service in France’s nuclear … Continue reading →

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Field Notes from a Nuclear Nerd via Toxic News

Posted on 2016/05/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Professor Gabrielle Hecht is based at the Department of History at the University of Michigan, where she has also directed the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. She has authored several award winning books about ‘nuclear things’. My obsession with … Continue reading →

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Aussie desire for nuclear option may have sunk Japanese sub bid via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/05/02 by norma field

Canberra chose a French design for its next-generation submarine fleet partly because it can easily be refitted for nuclear propulsion by the time the vessels enter service, an influential Australian business daily has reported. Japan proposed a diesel-powered design based … Continue reading →

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Shut Dimona nuclear reactor, urges founding scientist via The Times of Israel

Posted on 2016/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Aging facility ‘may be world’s oldest reactor,’ says Uzi Even, after 1,537 defects found at aluminum core; says Israel couldn’t build new one without international help A scientist who was among the founders of the Dimona nuclear reactor on Tuesday … Continue reading →

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France to close nuclear power plant after German and Swiss criticism via Deutsche Welle

Posted on 2016/03/07 by norma field

French officials have announced plans to close Fessenheim power plant by the end of the year. The decision comes after an ongoing dispute with Switzerland and Germany over the plant’s safety. Green minister Emmanuelle Cosse said Monday that France would … Continue reading →

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‘A CITY LOST IN THE DESERT’: A visit to the Sahara’s uranium capital via Business Insider

Posted on 2016/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Niger’s uranium industry is ‘an island’ For decades, the uranium industry has been an island within one of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries, a place which ranks nearly last on the Human Development Index and which will see … Continue reading →

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Hollande acknowledges impact of nuclear testing in Pacific via Daily Mail

Posted on 2016/02/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

French President Francois Hollande on Monday acknowledged that three decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia had had “an impact” on health and the environment and promised to revamp the compensation process.Hollande’s remarks, made on a visit to the French … Continue reading →

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