Nuclear reactors are delicate machines, and owners all over the world treat them badly to maximize profits, those in France being no exception. In theory there

Nuclear reactors are delicate machines, and owners all over the world treat them badly to maximize profits, those in France being no exception. In theory there's lots of controls and oversight and everything, in practice the nuclear industry has waste products that are suitable for military purposes, and so they can get away with rather a lot as their watchdog ultimately also owns a military. These campaigns to "end nuclear" might have less traction if the owners managed their systems properly.