France could close up to 17 nuclear reactors: minister
Source: raw story
10 Jul 2017 at 09:38 ET
Paris (dpa) - France could close up to 17 of its 58 nuclear reactors as part of a plan to reduce the amount of nuclear in its energy mix, environment minister Nicolas Hulot said on Monday.
The government's aim is to reduce the share of nuclear from about three-quarters to just half by 2025.
"Anyone can understand that to reach that objective we will close a certain number of reactors," Hulot told RTL radio.
Hulot said that not all details of the government climate plan, announced on Thursday with the objective of making France carbon-neutral by 2050, had been fully developed yet...........................
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Good for France--and Mother Earth!
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A MASSIVE VACUUM-TIGHT CONTAINER
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