In reverse of part of the EU, acquired on the return from the atom, Spain continues to bet on a final exit from nuclear, scheduled for 2035. But the pressure rises on the executive, summoned by many actors to review its position. “Our bet is the renewables”: Here, summarized by the Minister of Ecology Sara … Read more
The distribution campaign has just started. Since Monday, some residents of Finistère have been invited to pick up iodine tablets from pharmacies. Nothing abnormal in short because for almost thirty years, the State has been organizing these preventive and free distribution campaigns of pellets for people living near a nuclear installation. But why exactly? In … Read more
Evil tongues will say that after twelve years of delay, we were closer. The Flamanville EPR (Manche) has once again been talked about. Although it was supposed to be connected to the national electricity grid on Friday morning, the operation was delayed. Postponed several times, it finally took place this Saturday morning, according to EDF. … Read more
It will be for the winter, and not for the fall as first announced: the connection of the Norman EPR of Flamanville to the national electricity network, initially planned for Friday and then during the night, had not yet taken place on Saturday morning , according to EDF. This first connection of a new reactor … Read more
Winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, the Japanese association of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop activating the nuclear threat to prevail in Ukraine. “I think President (Vladimir) Putin doesn’t really understand what nuclear weapons mean to human beings, what kind of weapon it is.”said Terumi Tanaka, co-president of … Read more
With the test firing of its “Orechnik” intermediate-range ballistic missile last Thursday over Ukraine, Russia showed that it was capable of striking any European country. If Vladimir Putin were to want to load such a weapon with a nuclear warhead and send it to France, there would be little else to do but watch our … Read more
Iran will hold discussions on its nuclear program on Friday with France, Germany and the United Kingdom, three countries which have submitted a text condemning Tehran’s supposed lack of cooperation on this issue. Paris, Berlin and London associated with Washington are at the origin of a text critical of Tehran’s nuclear program presented during a … Read more
Iran announced on Friday the commissioning of “new advanced centrifuges”in retaliation for the adoption of a critical resolution in Vienna condemning Tehran’s nuclear activities, singled out for its lack of cooperation. The text, drawn up by London, Paris and Berlin associated with Washington, was approved Thursday by 19 of the 35 member states of the … Read more
He joined the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) in 1964. For nearly twenty years, Joseph Jaouen worked there as a nuclear weapons assembler. Hired on the L’Île Longue site, off the coast of Brest (Finistère), the Breton worked as a nuclear warhead installer in the pyrotechnic workshop of this classified defense location where … Read more
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential of this Thursday, the 1,002nd day of war. News of the day Did Russia fire an intercontinental … Read more