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France’s nuclear reactors – cost cutting risks safety

Revelations from an EDF insider : EPR reactor prone to major nuclear accident risk!,  The French Network for Nuclear Phase-out (Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire”) 6 March 2010, reveals confidential documents disclosed by an anonymous insider from EDF (Electricité de France, the main French power utility). These documents show that the design of the EPR presents a serious risk of a major nuclear accident – a risk deliberately taken by EDF to increase its profitability. Because it is potentially vulnerable to a situation which could have uncontrollable consequences, the EPR reactor is extremely dangerous.

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March 29, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, safety | antinuclear, EDF, France, radiation, radioactive, reactors