Décembre 2010 / press release - network \"phasing out the nuclear age\"

India treats herself to two EPR for the 26th anniversary of Bhopal, in spite of a strong opposition from the local populations

On the 26th anniversary of the Bhopal industrial catastrophe[1], Nicolas Sarkozy and his Indian counterpart made public an agreement guaranteeing the purchase of two EPR reactors from the French contractor Areva. The reactors would be built next to the city of Jaitapur, in the Maharashtra state, an earthquake prone zone[2] – level 4/5- which would significantly increase the risk of a new major industrial catastrophe in the country.

The two EPR reactors that are currently being built in (...)