The reality of France’s aggressive nuclear power push
By Mycle Schneider | 3 June 2008
Article Highlights
* Developing countries that have expressed interest in French nuclear power technology can’t implement it anytime soon.
* A French-led global nuclear power renaissance is problematic, since the country’s nonproliferation record is poor.
* French nuclear reactors aren’t as safe as its promoters claim.
* Nuclear power provides only a small portion of total French energy (...)