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France having a “Nuclear De Naissance”, not “Renaissance”

What’s the opposite of a renaissance, do you think? Nuclear Reaction  15 Jan 2010 De naissance, perhaps. We ask because in France, the supposed cradle of the rebirth of the nuclear renaissance,  things seem to be sliding backwards rather than striding forwards.

According to the grid operator RTE, electricity generation from the country’s 58 nuclear reactors fell by 6.8% in 2009, marking a ten year low point. This shortfall meant France was a net importer of electricity for 57 days.

President Nicholas Sarkozyâ’s nuclear bandwagon is said to be leading the world. Just where it’s leading us however is more difficult to say. It seems to be travelling in the general direction away from a bright future of clean and secure energy supplies
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January 17, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, spinbuster | antinuclear, AREVA, France, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear wastes