If it pleased some environmentalists, the shutdown this year of the Fessenheim plant, a site that gave entirely satisfaction, causes misunderstanding and concern among supporters of the atom. Besides that this decision has its source in a political agreement between François Hollande and environmentalists in 2011, it comes into effect in a context where the future of the French nuclear industry has never seemed so vague. Even though this energy, capable of producing an abundance of electricity by emitting very little CO2, seems, despite its shortcomings - cost, long-term safety and waste management challenges - compatible with the ambitions of France in terms of energy transition.
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But for now, only the decay phase is clearly visible. With the closure of the Alsatian site, the government launches the dismantling of 14 reactors out of 58 by 2035. Objective stated: to lower the share of nuclear power in production
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