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International Call against EPR

by Open-Publishing - Friday 3 February 2006
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Demos-Actions Nuclear France

International Call to NGOs, groups, personalities,
trade unions, political parties.

No to nuclear reactor EPR , Yes to energy alternatives
Demonstration in Cherbourg in april 15th and 16th, 2006

http://www.stop-epr.org/index-eng.php

Despite a huge nuclear overcapacity and even though it is becoming urgent to
develop a new energy consumption management and invest in renewable energy,
the French Government has asked EDF to build a new nuclear reactor, EPR
(European Pressurized Reactor), in Flamanville (Manche/ Normandy). The
French nuclear energy lobby is trying to brush aside any type of alternative
by presenting the public with a fait accompli and by imposing the
substitution of existing capacities for EPRs (European Pressurized Reactor)
in the future.

However, it is obvious that choosing EPR is a wrong decision from all
aspects :

* Energy : France doesn’t need a big centralized electrical production
capacity for the next decades. Nuclear energy represents only 15% of
French final energy consumption and 3% of the world’s. It is not a solution
to reverse climate change either.
* Economy : this extremely expensive project (billions of euros) will
delay the necessary redeployment of the French industry without addressing
its difficulties.
* Social aspects : the increasing demand for renewable energy will help
create many more jobs (up to 5 times more) and will be more adapted to
the future than nuclear energy. For the same investment, a wind power
program would lead to twice the amount of electricity production, for
instance.
* Environment : EPR is not providing any response to the safety,
security and waste management problems which will burden future generations.

Because we refuse the perpetuation of nuclear threat on the planet ;
Because we deny the French nuclear lobby the right to impose a new reactor
on us (French people and the rest of the world) ;
Because we reject the confusion between state service to the public
(“service public d’état”) and lobbying ;
Because we know this useless investment will end up as a burden on consumers
and future generations in France and elsewhere;
Because we want a future made of clean and renewable energies ;
Together, let’s say NO to the EPR !

Sign the call for the Cherbourg anti-EPR rally (*) of April 15th - 16th,
2006 . This rally will also be an opportunity to commemorate the Chernobyl
20th anniversary together.

(*) Gathering on the initiative of the Regional Collective of Normandy
and West of France "EPR, no thanks, neither somewhere else, nor here! " and
of the french Network "Sortir du nucleaire" (Réseau “Sortir du nucléaire”).

The regional collective consists of : Attac Centre Manche. Attac Sud
Manche. Alternative citoyenne/La Gauche autrement. Alternative Libertaire.
Collectif contre l’enfouissement des déchets nucléaires Athis de l’Orne.
COEDRA Mayenne. COEDRA 35. Confédération paysanne Basse-Normandie. CRILAN.
GRAPE. LCR. Manche Nature. Mayenne Nature Environnement. Pays de Granville
Environnement. Greenpeace. Groupe Radical Citoyen Vert au Conseil Régional.
Sud Solidaires Manche. UFC Que Choisir Saint-Lô. Les 7 vents du Cotentin.
Les Verts Basse Normandie. Les Verts Haute Normandie. Les Verts Mayenne.

The Network "Sortir du nucleaire" is an Union of 720 associations.

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