Tomorrow, we will mark a sad anniversary. A year ago, the Japanese have suffered greatly from natural disasters which led to a nuclear catastraphe. To date, we do not know the health impacts of the this nuclear accident on the Japanese population. They are fairly discreet about it.
Meanwhile in France, when we first heard the news, Industry and Environment ministers had to call the press right after this nuclear disaster. They tried to reassure the French that Fukushima was not Tchernobyl, it was less serious.
France is the second most nuclearized country in the world. Nuclear power is part of the life of the French since the oil crisis of '70. Despite all the efforts to develop new clean energy, policy makers still favor this energy. I think we are not safe from a nuclear accident in France. Politicians is so stubborn in maintaining the nuclear power that they are willing to lie and hide informations from the population.
The French government even tried to pass nuclear as a clean and carbon-free energy to the European union.
There is something that is often ignored : uranium comes from Africa, and mostly from Niger. Working conditions are precarious in those uranium mines and the waters and soils are contaminated.
What we wouldn't do to meet French growing demand of electricity for a few human lives?
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