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The French nuclear programme: Part 1 Political, institutional and logistical factors
Auteur | S.Thomas, SPRU Sussex |
Datum | 1989 |
Classificatie | 2.02.0.00/54 (FRANKRIJK - ALGEMEEN) |
Voorkant | ![]() |
Uit de publicatie:
1 INTRODUCTION As most nuclear power programmes throughout the world have ceased to expand over the past decade, public attention has focused increasingly on the French nuclear power programme. This, alone amongst Western energy programmes has preserved the vision 'toute electrique, toute nucleaire' which was a strong force in the 1970s. The French programme is perceived to have overcome the twin problems of deteriorating economics and implacable opposition, albeit by rather more authoritarian and centralised means than most countries would find palatable. There is also an emerging perception that France now has rather a lot of eggs in its nuclear basket, and admiration of France’s resolve is becoming qualified, especially as the weakness of fossil fuel prices increasingly erodes nuclear power's competitive position. This pair of articles assembles economic data on the performance of the French nuclear power programme, examines the means by which that programme has been carried through and assesses its strategic impact. This first article examines the political and institutional structures that enabled the programme to be carried through, including the history of nuclear power in France. On the technical side, it examines technology choice, the use of standardisation and the manufacturing facilities required. The second article will examine the economic performance of the French nuclear programme, both at detailed plant by plant level and at the broader macro-economic level. (For an international comparative perspective on the French nuclear power programme, see S.D.Thomas, The Realities of Nuclear Power: International Economic and Regulatory Experience, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1988).
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