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  France’s Hollande on Japan visit to push nuke ties

  6 June 2013, by Associated Press

  TOKYO (AP) — French President Francois Hollande arrives in Japan on Thursday for a visit expected to focus on closer cooperation in nuclear energy technologies and on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic strategies.
  Hollande and Abe will hold summit talks that local media say may yield an (...)

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  Nuclear Power: Fukushima, one year later – and what about France?

  6 March 2012, by GAY Vincent, LOWY Michael

  A year after the catastrophe of Fukushima, a big mobilization is being organized to demand the abandoning of nuclear power.
  In the history of nuclear energy, there will be a before- and an after-Fukushima. After Chernobyl, the Western nuclear lobby found a line of defence: it was the result of (...)

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  Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare Triggers Fears in France

  17 March 2011, by GODOY Julio

  PARIS, Mar 17, 2011 (IPS) - Until the nuclear crisis started unfolding in Japan last week, most French citizens did not doubt that the country’s 58 nuclear reactors were safe enough to continue operating for scores of years to come.
  They ignored the evidence gathered by a handful of anti (...)

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  The French network “Sortir du nucléaire” (phasing out the nuclear age)

  9 November 2010, by Sortir du nucléaire

  Réseau “SORTIR DU NUCLEAIRE” – Network phasing out the nuclear age An alliance of 875 French organisations GATHERING TOGETHER TO CREATE A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE The Network ‘SORTIR DU NUCLEAIRE’ is currently the main French antinuclear coalition, with a membership of 875 organizations and 27466 (...)

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  5 demonstrations in France saturday march 17^th 2007

  1 March 2007, by Stop EPR

  March 17th 2007, Demonstrations in 5 French cities :
  TOGETHER AGAINST THE NEW EUROPEAN NUCLEAR REACTORS AND FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES
  France is the most nuclearized country in the world. Since our electric company EDF belongs to the public sector, the nuclear energy has been imposed upon the (...)

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  No to nuclear reactor EPR, Yes to energy alternatives

  16 November 2005, by Movements (anti-nuke)

  International Call to NGOs, groups, trade unions, political parties and personalities (scientists, artists, politicians...). Please, sign the call below against the nuclear reactor EPR and join the international support committee at the Cherbourg April 2006 15th -16th rally in France. Please, (...)

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  Nuclear Energy and the European Union: The Case of France

  20 October 2000, by ROUSSET Pierre

  Contribution presented at the third Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) held, Seoul, Korea, 17-21.
  1. A turning point
  In the coming years, the European Union (EU) will have a decisive choice to make in relation to nuclear energy. The first generation of reactors and power plants is reaching (...)

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  New generations: The Eureopean pressurized water reactor (EPR)

  19 December 1997, by Wise

  After the 1979 Harrisburg (US) accident the nuclear industry faced a serious decline in selling nuclear power reactors. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster made sales drop off even more, as several countries decided not to build any new nuclear power plants. Since the early 1980s, industry has been (...)