France Doesn’t Rule Out Closure of Oldest Nuclear Plant
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France hasn’t ruled out the permanent shutdown of its oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim because of safety concerns, Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said.
“The closure is not excluded, neither is it being announced at this point,” she said today in an interview on France Info radio when asked about the future of the facility in eastern France. “We can’t use an ideological approach to nuclear safety.”