Novembre 2006 / Financial Times

Attack on Nuclear Power Takes on a French Taboo

ATTACK ON NUCLEAR POWER TAKES ON A FRENCH TABOO

By Peggy Hollinger for the Financial Times

Published : November 16 2006 02:00 | Last updated : November 16 2006 02:00

(Extract)

Ségolène Royal yesterday took on another French taboo by suggesting that the country was too reliant on nuclear power, which provides almost 80 per cent of its electricity, writes Peggy Hollinger in Paris. She also attacked the decision to build the European Pressurised Water reactor, a new generation (...)