| There were no fatalities, but the accident at the nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, in Pennsylvania, lingered in people’s minds and...
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| As the main shareholder in the leading companies in the nuclear industry, the French government calls the nuclear shots, even appointing the...
| Nuclear energy supplier Areva sees orders piling up for its third-generation European Pressurised Reactor (EPR). But the agressively expandi...
| Dominique Vignon was technical director of the French-German EPR project and presided over Framatome, the company producing the EPR reactors...
| Pierre Gadonneix, Chairman and Chief Executive of EDF since 2004, surprised everyone by publicly inviting German electricity producers to jo...
| Several studies published in France warn that without massive investment, the security of electricity supply in Europe will deteriorate, emi...
| France, which used to be a pioneer in solar technology, produces only a fraction of the solar output of market leader Germany. But new, attr...
| Interview Jean-Louis SchilanskyAs the global economy slows down, consumers are cutting back on their oil consumption. Jean-Louis Schilansky,...
| Interview IEA-expert Eduardo LopezThe debate is underway over whether the fall in demand for oil-based products in the main consumer countri...
| With nearly 80% of its electricity generated by nuclear power, France has little need for coal, at least as far its own national energy need...