EDF hopes for "common sense" in French nuclear debate
By Caroline Jacobs and Benjamin Mallet
PARIS | Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:51am EST
Nov 8 (Reuters) - The French economy would suffer the consequences if the nation decided to cut back on nuclear power generation, the head of French utility EDF said at a seminar on Tuesday.
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"Today it's not possible to efficiently replace the nuclear park without having to massively switch to gas or coal," Proglio said at the French Electricity Union's (UFE) seminar on France's choices for future electricity supplies.
What's the Red Flag for this "bull"?
"France's ruling UMP party wants to keep nuclear energy despite growing opposition after Fukushima, while Socialist presidential hopeful Francois Hollande has promised to cut nuclear power output capacity by 25-50 percent by 2025."http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/edf-nuclear-idUSL6E7M82AI20111108And behind that, the polling tells us that nuclear is barely more popular in France than it is in Germany - and we know what happened there.
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