(November 24, 1995) Two 1,516 megawatt nuclear plants are under construction in Civaux near Poitiers in the department of Vienne, France. The prefect of the department has authorized the use of water of the river Vienne for cooling the reactors. Environmental action groups (such as Stop-Civaux, Vienne- Nature, UFC 86, la Vigilante) cooperate to bring this decision to a court.
(443.4386) WISE-Amsterdam -The complaint will be about the impossibility of the river to respond to the need of water of the plants. In summertime the low water level of the Vienne is a capacity of 9 m3/per second which means that half of all the river water will go to the reactors to cool the reactors, loading itself with heat and with chemicals and radioactive isotopes. Moreover the authorization of the prefect passed beyond the negative advice of the commission of investigation.
In the same French department ANDRA (Agence Nationale des Déchets Radioactifs), the agency charged with the management of nuclear waste, started two soundings at possible waste burying locations in Civray and Charroux (south of Poitiers). Since 10 september agriculturists are occupying the place.
Source: Silence (Fr), November 1995
Contact: Stop-Civaux, 20 rue de Bonneuil, 86000 Poitiers, France. Contact for the occupation: tel: +33- 49 87 47 40