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> Without irony, France keeps building nuclear generators close to the german borders. Which one? The only one they have under construction which has gone 6x o
by ViewTrick1002 3y ago
> Without irony, France keeps building nuclear generators close to the german borders.
Which one? The only one they have under construction which has gone 6x over budget and was supposed to be completed in 2012?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plant#Unit_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plan...
- uecker 3y agoAlso not exactly close to the German border....
- nunobrito 2y agoNot my fault that your google-fu needs improvement. 14 new nuclear generators by 2050: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/10/france-to-build-up-to-14-new-nuclear-reactors-by-2050-says-macron https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/10/france-to-buil... Now do the homework to learn where some of these will strategically located.
- ViewTrick1002 2y agoWhere no investment decisions are taken and EDF has publicly said they can’t self finance any new construction without direct state aid. It is simply a ploy to hide military spending since the French army can’t fund the nuclear industry in their own. > "Without civil nuclear power, no military nuclear power; and without military nuclear power, no civil nuclear power," the president had said, praising a sector that employs 220,000 people in France. https://www.dw.com/en/do-frances-plans-for-small-nuclear-reactors-have-hidden-agenda/a-59585614 https://www.dw.com/en/do-frances-plans-for-small-nuclear-rea...*