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06/04/2012 - France

Radioactive leak at France's Penly plant after fires break out

A nuclear reactor at France’s Penly plant on the English Channel near Dieppe was shut down automatically after two small fires broke out causing a joint to leak radioactive water into ...

28/03/2012

French press review 28 March 2012

Is Sarkozy closing the gap on Hollande? How different are his policies to Le Pen's?

26/03/2012 - France

GDF Suez wind turbine plan could create 6,000 jobs

French energy giant GDF Suez says its plan to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs.
 

Fukushima - one year on
13/03/2012 - On-the-spot France

Fukushima - one year on

A year ago this week, the world watched as Japan struggled to contain the nuclear disaster that was unfolding in Fukushima in Japan. The developments were closely watched here in France.

Sortir du Nucleaire, organised Sunday's human chain
11/03/2012 - France

Anti-nuclear human chain to link 200 kms between Lyon and Avignon

Thousands of people are expected to come together on Sunday to form a human chain covering the 200 kilometres between the French cities of Lyon and Avignon as part of an anti-nuclear protest organized by the pressure group Sortir du Nucléaire.

09/03/2012

French press review 9 March 2012

The environment and climate change dominate the headlines with special attention to the situation in the Japan one year after the devastating tsunami which badly damaged the Fukushima nuclear ...

08/03/2012

French press review 8 March 2012

The failure of the upcoming French election to grab voter's attention, the not-unexpected news that French woman still face a considerable 'glass ceiling' at work and civil rights in Mauritania ...

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site
23/02/2012 - World news explained

French Energy Minister visits Fukushima disaster site

French Industry and Energy Minister Eric Besson has became the first foreign official to visit the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan, which was devastated by a tsunami and earthquake ...

09/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy vows to keep Fessenheim nuclear plant running

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told cheering workers at France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim that he will keep it running and slammed his Socialist opponent François Hollande ...

04/01/2012

French press review 4 January 2012

The French nuclear industry is making front-page news again.

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