EDF’s nuclear ambitions: French lessons

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Reinventing the company

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EDF’s nuclear ambitions

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EDF plans a big nuclear expansion in Britain, just as it faces problems at home

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FLAMANVILLE

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See you in Somerset

See you in Somerset

LIVING in the shadow of a nuclear-power plant does not bother the three occupants of the “Bar Des Sports”, a one-room affair with formica tables and a blaring television. The owner of 18 years, (“Jacques, only Jacques”), is about as unruffled by fears of an accident as his balding white dog slumped by the door.
That attitude is common in Flamanville, a north-coastal village of stone houses and hanging baskets, where 4,000 employees and contractors work on the two reactors at the local nuclear-power plant, opened in the mid-1980s. But a third, much larger reactor, called Flamanville 3, is likely to become the focus of international attention because it is the model for …
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EDF’s nuclear ambitions: French lessons

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