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French nuclear export drive tainted by safety fears (AFP)

                   
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Nov 4, 2009
 
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AFP - Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source of power and a key plank in its foreign trade strategy. [read full story]                    

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France says Areva, EPR nuclear reactor are sound

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Countries question Areva's reactor design

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France says Areva, EPR nuclear reactor are sound

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Nov 5, 2009
 

PARIS (AFP) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon insisted on Thursday that French nuclear group Areva and its new-generation EPR reactor are sound, responding to safety concerns in remarks to the Le Monde newspaper.

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France says Areva, EPR nuclear reactor are sound (AFP)

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Nov 5, 2009
 

AFP - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon insisted on Thursday that French nuclear group Areva and its new-generation EPR reactor are sound, responding to safety concerns in remarks to the Le Monde newspaper.

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Safety Fears Cast Shadow Over Areva's EPR Nuclear Reactor, an Industrial Info News Alert

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Nov 5, 2009
 

GALWAY, IRELAND -- (Marketwire) -- 11/05/09 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- French company Areva SA : http://www.industrialinfo.com/articlelist.jsp?keyword=%22areva+sa%22&category=&mode=search...

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Areva shares fall over nuclear safety concerns

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Nov 5, 2009
 

A new generation of French nuclear power reactors came under attack on Tuesday as opposition parties called for an inquiry into their security systems, after three nuclear safety bodies asked for changes to their design.

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French PM backs Areva despite nuclear safety worry

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Nov 5, 2009
 

PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said he had confidence in the management of Areva, the world's biggest nuclear reactor maker, which has been told by safety bodies to alter safety features on its...

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France defends reactor design

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Nov 4, 2009
 

Nathalie Gillet and Chris Stanton A nuclear power plant in Australia: the UAE hopes to have its own atomic energy plant by 2017. Ian Waldy A French government official has dismissed concerns about a nuclear reactor design that...

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French nuclear export drive tainted by safety fears

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Nov 4, 2009
 

PARIS (AFP) - Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source of power and a key plank in its foreign trade strategy.

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Sustainability alerts 4 November 2009

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Nov 4, 2009
 

Meltdown for nuclear renaissance? The nuclear safety authorities of three countries (France, Finland and the UK) have called into question the safety of Areva’s third-generation (EPR) nuclear plants. See and the reactions from...

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French nuclear export drive tainted by safety fear

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Nov 4, 2009
 

France generates more than three-quarters of its electricity through nuclear power, more than any other country by proportion. France generates more than three-quarters of its electricity through nuclear power, more than any...

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EPR, 3rd generation nuclear reactor has safety and cost issues

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Nov 4, 2009
 

Amory Lovins (Image via Wikipedia) As Amory Lovins has been suggesting, Both Areva and EDF have found themselves reprimanded in recent months by nuclear safety authorities during the construction process of the EPR . Areva also...

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