Several NGOs, including Greenpeace and the “
Sortir du Nucléaire
” network, which opposed the commissioning of the Flamanville EPR (Manche), were dismissed by the Council of State, they announced Tuesday in a statement. communicated.
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In September, several associations, including “
Sortir du nuclear
”, Greenpeace France, France Nature Environnement, France Nature Environnement Normandie, Crilan (Committee for reflection, information and anti-nuclear fight) and Stop EPR neither in Penly nor elsewhere, announced an appeal against the decree taken in March by the government allowing to postpone until 2024 the maximum deadline for commissioning of the EPR.
“
On December 28, following a hearing on December 23, the summary judge of the Council of State rejected the request for the suspension of associations on the grounds that none of the means raised, in the state of the investigation , is not likely to create serious doubt about the legality of the authorization issued by the Nuclear Safety Authority
, ”the
press
release said.
"
EDF's request to condemn the associations to 4000 euros for the costs and expenses of the procedure, however, was also rejected
", it is indicated.
The requesting associations say "
now await the procedure on the merits
" and consider "in
particular that the environmental impact of this partial commissioning has not been sufficiently questioned
".
"
European Union law however requires, when a project has been the subject of an impact study when a first authorization is issued, that the question of its updating be asked for each of the authorizations issued. later
”, add these associations.
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The creation of the new generation reactor - victim of numerous delays and additional costs - had been authorized by a decree of April 2007 which then provided for a maximum period of thirteen years for loading nuclear fuel.
This deadline was therefore reached in April.
