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France’s nuclear company EDF accused of cover-ups over ‘serious and unexpected’ corrosion on Tricastin and other reactors.

“Hugo”, nuclear whistleblower: “I accuse EDF of cover-ups”. “With this
type of attitude, our power plants are not safe”: the shocking testimony of
a member of the management of the Tricastin nuclear power plant, worried
that the culture of nuclear safety is taking a back seat to financial
imperatives within the EDF group.

 Mediapart 19th Jan 2022

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/190122/hugo-lanceur-d-alerte-du-nucleaire-j-accuse-edf-de-dissimulations

 Nuclear reactors shut down due to ‘serious and unexpected’ corrosion
problem. EDF, which operates the French power plants, should say by the end
of January whether other facilities in the fleet could be affected by this
as yet unexplained anomaly.

 Le Monde 19th Jan 2022

https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2022/01/19/des-reacteurs-nucleaires-a-l-arret-en-raison-d-un-probleme-de-corrosion-serieux-et-inattendu_6110097_3234.html

January 22, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, secrets,lies and civil liberties