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xchrom

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Wed Jan 4, 2012, 01:38 PM Jan 2012

France nuclear industry told to boost safety

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16393560

France's nuclear watchdog has called on the country's 58 power plants to make safety improvements quickly, almost 10 months after the Fukushima disaster.

But it says none of the reactors needs to be shut down, following stress tests carried out in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

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The opposition Socialists want to reduce the country's reliance on nuclear power and have agreed to phase out 24 reactors as part of a pact criticised by the ruling UMP party ahead of presidential elections.

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ASN President Andre-Claude Lacoste said the work and funding for the proposals was "quite massive" and would involve the recruitment of hundreds of people.

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France nuclear industry told to boost safety (Original Post) xchrom Jan 2012 OP
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