Nuclear

ISSUES

At one time, nuclear power was pushed aside due to negative public opinion and high investment costs but in the past few years it has seen a revival. 36 reactors are being built and there are projects for a hundred others. In 2008, 439 reactors are in working order and they produce electricity that accounts for 6.3 % of the world's energy. In France, nuclear power provides about 75% of the country's electricity.

NEWS

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FINLANDE - MONTOIR-DE-BRETAGNE - Un cargo venu charger une cargaison d'uranium usagé du groupe Areva a pris la mer vendredi soir...

FRANCE - PARIS - Douze militants de Greenpeace ont bloqué pendant quelques heures dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi à la gare de...

FRANCE - PARIS - Cherchant à promouvoir son réacteur EPR, censé être le plus sûr du monde, la France se fait l'apôtre de normes...

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DEBATES

The “Sortir du nucléaire” network wants the radioactive waste sent by EDF in Russia to be sent back to France

The Network to Phase Out the Nuclear Age

There is indeed no way of justifying why the French nuclear industry gets rid of its radioactive waste abroad. EDF misleadingly...

EPR against expensive oil: the nuclear mistake

Mr Sarkozy claims he wants to build a second nuclear...

Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report

Nuclear energy is a technology that has been deployed for...

FOCUS

Nuclear power

For a while, nuclear power was put aside because of negative public opinion and high investment costs. In the past few years though, it has been given a new lease of life: 36 reactors are being built and about...

VIDEOS

30/11/2009	L'exploitation d'une mine d'uranium au Niger entraîne la contamination des...	13/10/2009	Ce film diffusé mardi 13 octobre sur Arte remet sur le devant de la...
09/03/2009	"20 years ago: Chernobyl" est un clip compilant diverses images d'archives...	25/02/2009	Comment lutter contre le réchauffement climatique ? Deux visions...

GREEN TIPS

Italians say no to nuclear power

The decision of whether or not to produce nuclear energy sometimes involves governments as well as their...

INDICATORS

Renewable energy in the energy mix
Electricity use
Total Primary Energy Supply

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