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France began a [[nuclear power]] program in the 1950s and announced a shift to the Westinghouse light water reactor in 1969. Following the 1973 oil crisis, the government announced a dramatic increase in planned nuclear capacity. These major decisions were put forward as a ''fait accompli'', with no opportunity for meaningful parliamentary debate.<ref name=dor>Nelkin, Dorothy and Michael Pollak, "Ideology as Strategy: The Discourse of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in France and Germany" ''Science, Technology, & Human Values'', Vol. 5, No. 30 (Winter, 1980), p. 3.</ref> An intense extra-parliamentary opposition, of citizens' groups and political action committees, emerged. In the 1970s, there were many large and dramatic [[anti-nuclear]] protests and demonstrations in France.<ref name=dor/> |
France began a [[nuclear power]] program in the 1950s and announced a shift to the Westinghouse light water reactor in 1969. Following the 1973 oil crisis, the government announced a dramatic increase in planned nuclear capacity. These major decisions were put forward as a ''fait accompli'', with no opportunity for meaningful parliamentary debate.<ref name=dor>Nelkin, Dorothy and Michael Pollak, "Ideology as Strategy: The Discourse of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in France and Germany" ''Science, Technology, & Human Values'', Vol. 5, No. 30 (Winter, 1980), p. 3.</ref> An intense extra-parliamentary opposition, of citizens' groups and political action committees, emerged. In the 1970s, there were many large and dramatic [[anti-nuclear]] protests and demonstrations in France.<ref name=dor/> |
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In 1971, 15,000 people demonstrated against French plans to locate the first light -water reactor power plant in Bugey. This was the first of |
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a series of mass protests organized at nearly every planned nuclear site |
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until the massive demonstration at the Super Phoenix breeder reactor in |
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Creys-Malvillein in 1977 culminated in violence. |
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In 2004, an anti-nuclear protester was run over by a train carrying [[radioactive waste]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/10/worlddispatch.france Fatality fuels anti-nuclear protest]</ref> In 2005, thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched to commemorate the 1986 [[Chernobyl disaster]] and demand an end to government plans to build a nuclear plant in western France.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-107789734.html Thousands march in anti-nuclear protest in western France]</ref> In 2008, twenty [[Greenpeace]] activists delayed construction of a new nuclear reactor being built in [[Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant|Flamanville]] for 50 hours.<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/greenpeace-activists-block-french-nuclear-reactor260608# Greenpeace activists block restart of French nuclear reactor construction]</ref> |
In 2004, an anti-nuclear protester was run over by a train carrying [[radioactive waste]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/10/worlddispatch.france Fatality fuels anti-nuclear protest]</ref> In 2005, thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched to commemorate the 1986 [[Chernobyl disaster]] and demand an end to government plans to build a nuclear plant in western France.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-107789734.html Thousands march in anti-nuclear protest in western France]</ref> In 2008, twenty [[Greenpeace]] activists delayed construction of a new nuclear reactor being built in [[Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant|Flamanville]] for 50 hours.<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/greenpeace-activists-block-french-nuclear-reactor260608# Greenpeace activists block restart of French nuclear reactor construction]</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:36, 30 July 2008
France began a nuclear power program in the 1950s and announced a shift to the Westinghouse light water reactor in 1969. Following the 1973 oil crisis, the government announced a dramatic increase in planned nuclear capacity. These major decisions were put forward as a fait accompli, with no opportunity for meaningful parliamentary debate.[1] An intense extra-parliamentary opposition, of citizens' groups and political action committees, emerged. In the 1970s, there were many large and dramatic anti-nuclear protests and demonstrations in France.[1]
In 1971, 15,000 people demonstrated against French plans to locate the first light -water reactor power plant in Bugey. This was the first of a series of mass protests organized at nearly every planned nuclear site until the massive demonstration at the Super Phoenix breeder reactor in Creys-Malvillein in 1977 culminated in violence.
In 2004, an anti-nuclear protester was run over by a train carrying radioactive waste.[2] In 2005, thousands of anti-nuclear demonstrators marched to commemorate the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and demand an end to government plans to build a nuclear plant in western France.[3] In 2008, twenty Greenpeace activists delayed construction of a new nuclear reactor being built in Flamanville for 50 hours.[4]
See also
- Dominique Voynet
- France and weapons of mass destruction
- Nuclear power in France
- Sortir du nucléaire (France)
- Stéphane Lhomme
References
- ^ a b Nelkin, Dorothy and Michael Pollak, "Ideology as Strategy: The Discourse of the Anti-Nuclear Movement in France and Germany" Science, Technology, & Human Values, Vol. 5, No. 30 (Winter, 1980), p. 3.
- ^ Fatality fuels anti-nuclear protest
- ^ Thousands march in anti-nuclear protest in western France
- ^ Greenpeace activists block restart of French nuclear reactor construction
Further reading
- Nelkin, Dorothy and Michael Pollak (1982). The Atom Beseiged: Antinuclear Movements in France and Germany, ASIN: B0011LXE0A
- Touraine, Alain, Zsuzska Hegedus, Francois Dubet, and Michael Wieviorka (1982). Anti-nuclear protest: The Opposition to Nuclear Energy in France, Cambridge University Press.
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