26 July 2008

Accidents tarnish nuclear dream

According to this report, there is a problem in the nuclear idyll that was France. 'It feels like a sci-fi film' - accidents tarnish nuclear dream | Environment | The Guardian: "Until now most locals have accepted the plant as a risk-free part of everyday life in nuclear-dependent France. More than 80% of France's electricity is generated by the country's 58 nuclear reactors - the world's highest ratio. But the leak has shaken French trust in nuclear safety and embarrassed Nicolas Sarkozy as he crusades for a French-led world renaissance in atomic power."
So yet another cautionary tale for those who would tell us that nuclear power is the only way to go ...

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