About 100 employees were exposed to radiation at Tricastin earlier this week while working on a reactor. Yes, that's the same nuclear power station that leaked liquid uranium into the environment last week. Of course, it was just a "light" exposure. Just as the leak "did not damage the environment".
The contamination of 15 employees at the nuclear power station of Saint-Alban-du-Rhône (Isère) and the two Tricastin incidents this month have stirred debate on the state of these power stations and the stringency of the safety precautions imposed and applied.
The irony is that in the wake of all this, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his intention to commission at least 8 new nuclear stations in the UK. And President Sarkozy, of course, is far from admitting that most nuclear plants in France are dysfunctional and derelict. Of course not. For guess who is about to buy British Energy and take control of most of the UK's new stations? French energy giant EDF! And who is going to design the new British reactors? The French nuclear group Areva! Isn't this a Brave New World indeed?! Business is business. So let's just go on sitting on this time bomb while the money pours in. Welcome to Springfield!
As The Guardian's Jeremy Legett says, the unfolding nuclear rennaissance suggests ... that God has a sense of humour. The question is: does anyone feel like laughing at Tricastin?
The contamination of 15 employees at the nuclear power station of Saint-Alban-du-Rhône (Isère) and the two Tricastin incidents this month have stirred debate on the state of these power stations and the stringency of the safety precautions imposed and applied.
The irony is that in the wake of all this, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his intention to commission at least 8 new nuclear stations in the UK. And President Sarkozy, of course, is far from admitting that most nuclear plants in France are dysfunctional and derelict. Of course not. For guess who is about to buy British Energy and take control of most of the UK's new stations? French energy giant EDF! And who is going to design the new British reactors? The French nuclear group Areva! Isn't this a Brave New World indeed?! Business is business. So let's just go on sitting on this time bomb while the money pours in. Welcome to Springfield!
As The Guardian's Jeremy Legett says, the unfolding nuclear rennaissance suggests ... that God has a sense of humour. The question is: does anyone feel like laughing at Tricastin?
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