It is a first in France, assure its defenders. The inhabitants of Suzannecourt, a small commune in Haute-Marne (Grand Est), would however have done well. Many view the nuclear laundry project which is to be installed in the Joinchère activity area with a negative eye.
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Work is expected to start in the fall of 2020. Soon, huge washing machines will be running at full speed to clean the clothes of employees of nuclear power plants. A necessary activity, of course, but " why at Suzannecourt?" environmental associations wonder. Hoping to block the project led by the company Unitech services France, a subsidiary of the American Unifirst, several of them, Réseau nuclear, Greenpeace, Nature Haute-Marne, Eodra and two municipal councilors from the town hall of Joinville ( municipality adjoining the Joinchère area) are trying this Friday a new legal action, a summary suspension in court
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