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Sarkozy refuses to shutter aging nuclear plant

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09-02-2012 | 11:01

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is refusing to shut down an aging nuclear plant that has become a symbol of growing resistance to nuclear energy in France.

The future of nuclear energy in the country has become a campaign issue as the presidential election approaches this spring, thanks in part to the earthquake and tsunami disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant last year.

But Sarkozy, who lags in the polls, said Thursday while visiting the plant in Fessenheim that it would be a huge mistake and a "scandal" to close it and lay off its workers. He insisted that there was no doubt about the plant's safety.

The plant, which opened in 1978 in northeast France, is the country's oldest. France relies on nuclear energy more than any other nation, with about three-quarters of electricity coming from nuclear reactors.

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