French Nuclear Anxieties Soar After Fukushima
France
began developing a massive nuclear energy program with minimal public
debate after the first oil crisis in 1974 and continued to support
nuclear power even after the 1986 Soviet Chernobyl disaster. French
nuclear energy giant Areva SA, majority owned by the French state,
operates the country’s 59 nuclear reactors, which generate 78.8 percent
of France’s electricity, the highest percentage in the world. Until
Fukushima the French public felt largely secure in the safety of their
country’s nuclear facilities. No…Read more...
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