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French nuclear "flagship" holed below the water line

Greenpeace hands out warning: French nuclear industry at work

22 May 2008

Greenpeace activists today presented high-level government and business delegates to the European Nuclear Energy Forum with a warning against involvement in new fault-ridden French nuclear reactors, which have been portrayed as the ‘flagship’ of a so-called nuclear renaissance.

Nuclear-dominated Forum aims to weaken Europe’s nuclear safety standards

22 May 2008

Greenpeace activists projected messages, including ‘Nuclear Undermines Climate Protection’ and ‘Energy [R]evolution Now!’, against the backdrop of the illuminated Prague Castle, drawing attention to the dangers of weakening European nuclear safety standards and the risk of seriously biased discussions in advance of today’s opening of the second meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum.

22 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear industry remains mired in accidents, cover-ups and incompetence

24 April 2008

On the eve of the 22nd Chernobyl anniversary the nuclear industry has been rocked by revelations of cover-ups following a major nuclear accident in Spain and ongoing embarrassment over costly delays and deficiencies related to the construction of reactors in France and Finland intended to be flagships of a 'nuclear renaissance'.

Blair’s Energy Review: Save the Nuclear Industry, Destroy the Climate

11 July 2006

Greenpeace warned today that the UK Government’s Energy Review published today will neither solve Britain’s energy problems nor help meet its commitment to reduce carbon emissions.

Greenpeace flying protest exposes security risks of French nuclear site

01 June 2006

A Greenpeace protester today took off in a powered parachute, a "pego-jet", within the 3km air exclusion zone around the Flamanville nuclear plant in Normandy, France. The activist was protesting plans by Electricite de France (EDF) to build a large European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) at the site; he came within 300m of the two reactors currently operating at the site before landing close to the plant.

Secret document reveals new breed of nuclear reactors vulnerable to terrorist attack

19 May 2006

A leaked document on the vulnerability to terrorist attack of the new European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) - being considered or already under construction in several countries including UK, France and Finland - reveals a dangerously flawed approach to security, according to a study commissioned by Greenpeace International. (1)

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