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neetnewt t1_iuckmwp wrote

Reply to comment by xaina222 in Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant by Vegeta9001

French will be livid!

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LordSblartibartfast t1_iud49w8 wrote

Nah, for several reasons:

  • Ecological parties and ONGs here are almost all anti nuclear. It’s almost surprising that r/France is mostly pro Nuclear considering all the people I’m talking here with see Nuclear energy as a powder keg that could vaporise half of the country any minute now.

  • For those who are pro Nuke, right now we’re focused on restarting domestic Nuclear plants construction first and foremost. To get our recently promised 5 EPRs is a higher priority than delivering abroad.

  • Last but not least, I think we can all be relieved that Poland made the choice of Nuclear, even though it’s from America, rather than spawning more coal plants

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Criom t1_iucrt49 wrote

French here, I'm not surprised, our politic class has been destroying this industry for decades and most of the knowladge is gone with the old guard of engineers. It's sad.

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pickled-egg t1_iudgd7t wrote

It's mind boggling how many countries just seem to have given up on nuclear in this way.

France of course is the country that has done this the least but given the very obvious trajectory you'd think everyone would want in on what could be very profitable business.

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