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France’s Fessenheim nuclear plant to be shut down by 2016

flag-franceFrance’s oldest nuclear plant to shut down by 2016: minister PARIS, July 21 (Xinhua) — French Environment Minister Philippe Martin on Sunday confirmed the closure of the country’s oldest nuclear plant of Fessenheim by the end of 2016, a local paper reported.

In an interview with the weekly Le Journal de Dimanche (JDD), the newly-appointed minister said “Francois Hollande’s nuclear commitments will be held in the five-year period.”

“I have a warrant, I shut Fessenheim by 31 December 2016,” he stressed……http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/22/c_132560534.htm


 

July 24, 2013 - Posted by | France, politics

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