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France’s questionable record on nuclear reliability and safety

In August 2008, Sortir du nucléaire described Areva’s radioactive emissions as “very dangerous” and demanded an official safety inspection of its factories. The French nuclear establishment cannot claim to set public fears on this and similar other counts at rest….

Sarkozy’s India Visit: The Nuclear Fallout,  22 December 2010, by: J. Sri Raman, t r u t h o u t“….What, however, is the French record in this particular field [nuclear public acceptance,reliability and safety] ? Some facts suggest an answer. In January 2004, about 15,000 anti-nuclear protesters marched in Paris against a then new generation of nuclear reactors, the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPWR), which is what awaits installation in Jaitapur. In the same year, an anti-nuclear protester, Sebastien Briat, was run over by a train carrying radioactive waste.

On March 17 2007, simultaneous protests, organized by Sortir du nucléaire (Get Out of Nuclear Power), were staged in five French towns to protest construction of EPWR plants; Rennes, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille and Strasbourg.
In July 2008, there were a series of accidents at the French nuclear site Tricastin-Pierrelatte, and Greenpeace France launched two court cases, pressing for disclosures of the details to the public. In August 2008, Sortir du nucléaire described Areva’s radioactive emissions as “very dangerous” and demanded an official safety inspection of its factories. The French nuclear establishment cannot claim to set public fears on this and similar other counts at rest….

Sarkozy’s India Visit: The Nuclear Fallout

December 22, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, opposition to nuclear