The French Nuclear Industry Is Bad Enough in France; Let's Not Expand It to the U.S.
Areva, France's nuclear industry, has a solid reputation, but a trail of radioactive waste and deaths in Africa follow its wake.
But France's monopolistic dependency on splitting the atom to turn on the lights has come with a huge price -- not only financially but in environmental and health costs. In reality, France is a radioactive mess, additionally burdened with an overwhelming amount of radioactive waste, much of which is simply dispersed into the surrounding environment. Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte
Nuclear power has problems, neither the French governement nor Areva is saintly and the antinuclear movement has grown in France since the Chernobyl accident. However, the problem with such obviously biased reporting is that it makes it difficult for one to determine what the problems, sinister motives and public positions really are.