A-Infos (en) France, Monde Libertaire - Against the Nuclear Lobby's Steamroller (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

As on every second Friday of the month, the Ile-de-France Anti-Nuclear 
Coordination is organizing a film screening preceded by a buffet and 
followed by a discussion. We invite you to join us to share our 
knowledge and reflect together on ways to fight against the nuclear 
lobby's steamroller. ---- Friday, December 12, EDMP room, 7 p.m., 8 
Impasse Crozatier, 75012 Paris. ---- "Nuclear Power: How It Will Ruin 
France," 2025 | 58 min. A film by Laure Noualhat, journalist and 
director, who will be present. ---- While budgets for energy 
conservation are melting away, funding for building nuclear power plants 
knows no bounds. At Reporterre, we wondered what consequences this 
choice will have on the price of electricity and the country's economy.

In a patient and meticulous investigation, we discovered that the 
nuclear sector is not subject to any of the economic rules that prevail 
in other industrial sectors. The nuclear option is endorsed by the vast 
majority of the political class, whatever the cost. And the end consumer 
will have to silently bear the brunt of rising electricity prices and 
budget deficits. This dangerous paradox is what we describe in this 
documentary, available online for free on our YouTube channel.

None of this is subject to democratic debate.

Journalist Laure Noualhat, along with documentary filmmaker Clarisse 
Feletin, describes step by step how nuclear policy will weaken the 
country by increasing its debt and closing off alternatives. At the 
heart of this maelstrom is EDF, a state-owned company. It is indebted to 
the tune of over 55 billion euros. It must ensure the operation of 
reactors that are far exceeding their planned lifespan. It must prepare 
for the decommissioning of aging power plants. It will have to pay to 
store ultimate waste at great depths.

And as if that weren't enough to create deficits, EDF wants to finance 
EPR2 reactors that it doesn't know how to build and whose cost already 
exceeds the initial estimate. In total, hundreds of billions of euros 
will be needed, but none of this is being debated democratically. And 
the State-that is to say, us, the taxpayers and consumers-is supposed to 
cover all the costs.

The issue, this investigation demonstrates, is that this uncontrolled 
spending is affecting a country already heavily indebted and preventing 
the most cost-effective energy policy, focused on controlling energy 
consumption and developing solar and wind power.

The stakes for the country are so high, and the silence so deafening, 
that Reporterre, an independent media outlet that depends solely on its 
readers, has chosen to produce this film and accompany it with a book in 
our collection at Seuil. What we do, the billionaire-owned networks 
don't do and can't do. This film is the fruit of independence.

https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=8731
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