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Nuclear France Abroad. History, Status and Prospects of French Nuclear Activities in Foreign Countries (2009)

Auteur	Mycle Schneider
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Datum	mei 2009
Classificatie	2.02.6.50/02 (FRANKRIJK - EXPORT/IMPORT)
Voorkant

Summary

French nuclear development started with the nuclear weapons research efforts 
during the Second World War in the UK, Canada and the U.S.. At least five French 
scientists (Halban, Kowarski, Auger,Guéron, Goldschmidt) played a significant role 
in the development of the first nuclear weapons. Auger chaired the physics 
department at the Montréal Laboratories, the largest nuclear weapon effort outside
the U.S. during the war, and Kowarski headed design and construction of the ZEEP 
pile, the first nuclear reactor to go critical outside the U.S., in 1945 in Chalk River, 
Canada.

France established its own Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1945 with the task 
to develop nuclear science and technology. The French nuclear system never 
developed separate civil and military fuel chains. On the contrary, the design of the 
system was meant to optimize research, development, design, construction and 
operation of nuclear facilities so that the civil sector would profit from military 
advances and vice-versa. Also, organizations were set up to deal with both areas,
the CEA in the beginning, later also COGEMA (now AREVA NC) to provide and 
manage nuclear materials for civil and military uses

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