“Emmanuel Macron promises nuclear power until the end of the century, Marine Le Pen, Valérie Pécresse, Éric Zemmour, Fabien Roussel too…” recalls Jean-François Julliard before entering the site of the Flamanville power plant (Manche) .
With a dozen activists, the director general of Greenpeace blocked the site of the EPR reactor.
Their goal: to denounce the program of the candidates for the presidential election in favor of an energy that is “dangerous, failing, and far too slow in the face of the climate emergency”.
This action comes as President Emmanuel Macron announced on February 10 a program to build six EPR reactors in France by 2035, in addition to the one under construction in Normandy.
Greenpeace France requested at the beginning of the year "a moratorium" on the work, "in order to conduct a completely independent assessment of the viability of the EPR nuclear reactors".
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Launched at the end of 2007, the Norman site of Flamanville cumulates 11 years of delay and its cost rose to 12.7 billion euros according to EDF against 3.3 billion announced in 2006. The Court of Auditors estimated the bill at 19 billion in 2020. The placing on the network of the first kilowatt is announced by EDF for 2023.