[cdn-nucl-l] French environment minister doesn't like nuclear

["Cuttler, Jerry" <CuttlerJ@aecl.ca>]

The French brought us the Age of Reason.
Now it's back to the dark ages.
And the nuclear professionals remain silent.
J
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> French environment minister foresees abandoning
> nuclear power 
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> BERLIN, June 19 (AFP) -
> France is perfectly capable of abandoning nuclear
> power as Germany is on the point of agreeing to do,
> France's Environment Minister Dominique Voynet told
> reporters Monday during a visit to Berlin. 
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> Such a move would be as viable from the industrial
> side was it would be for consumers, she added. 
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> "We can very well get out of the nuclear sector
> without having to go back into the age of candles,
> without sacrifice for the industrialists and without
> job losses," said Voynet. 
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> The government had looked at a scenario by which
> France would abandon nuclear power by 2020 or 2021,
> she said. 
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> The scenario allowed for a comfortable exit from
> nuclear power in a way that society could accept, with
> living standards maintained, she added. 
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> Leaders of Germany's junior coalition partners, the
> ecologist Greens, said Monday they were confident
> their party would approve the centre-left government's
> deal with the energy sector to phase out nuclear
> energy. 
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