France Still Sees Nuclear Appetite Post-Fukushima

Reuters reported that France is planning for the 60th nuclear reactor despite the Japanese nuclear disaster in few months ago.

As quoted in the market news:

The radiation leaks at Japan’s quake-hit Fukushima power plant in March have not ended interest in nuclear power, and France hopes to cash in on decades of atomic experience to sell its technology in countries such as India, China, Britain, Poland, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil, he said.

“When looking at the outlook for nuclear power, the diagnosis needs to be qualified,” Besson said. “Two years ago we were talking about a nuclear renaissance and now we are talking about a nuclear winter. The reality is in between.”

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