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A recent UK poll showed that more than 1/3rd (34%) of the British public oppose the Hinkley Point project, and less than 1/3rd (29%) support it. [I]

The Vice President of the French National Assembly, Denis Baupin noted in a press release on October 8th that his visit to the UK came at a moment where the serious uncertainties weighing on the Flamanville (France) EPR Nuclear Reactor, notably the reactor pressure vessel [which has dangerous defects], are not being raised in France, at a moment when the EPRs under contruction, in France, as in Finland, are characterized by massive cost overruns and delays. EDF proposes to construct the same reactor model in the UK for a prohibitive cost: the electricity will be 30 to 50% higher than terrestial wind power. He points out that the EPR was supposed to be a demonstration of French nuclear savoir-faire (know-how) but the project…