French nuclear

Would you be surprised to learn that France gets three-quarters of all its electricity from nuclear power plants?  (As a comparison, the U.S. gets only 19% of its electricity from nuclear.) French energy policy sets energy security as a priority.

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They do not have to worry (as much as the rest of Europe does) about Russia's threats to restrict the flow of natural gas, since so much of their energy production is in their own nuclear plants.  In fact they export their abundant/cheap electricity - and pocket 3 billion euros per year doing it.  

France also exports nuclear technology, and they "pioneered waste reprocessing," 

Now - would it surprise you that France plans to slash this super successful nuclear industry?  More tomorrow.