Bound by nuclear energy

despite global opposition, the French government has decided not to reduce its dependence on nuclear power. According to Christian Pierret, the country's junior minister for industry, though France has tapped the hydropower potential to the maximum, it still gets 80 per cent of its electricity from nuclear energy. Non-fossil energy sources, meanwhile, are still in the developing stage. Hence, it is impossible for France to end its reliance on nuclear power.

"France's nuclear industry has given rise to three