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* France gets more than 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy.
La France obtient plus de 75% de son électricité de l'énergie nucléaire.
* France exports electricity to other European countries.
La France exporte son électricité vers d'autres pays européens.
* In the 1970s the Amoco Cadiz, a petrol tanker, ran aground of the cost of Brittany whilst trying to deal with a treacherous passage.
Dans les années 70, l'Amoco Cadiz, un petrolier, s'est échoué sur la cote de la Bretagne alors qu'il essayait de naviguer des eaux traitres.
* By the time the French authorities sorted themselves out and wondered what to do, the ship had evacuated all its content on the coast, destroying flora, fauna and the fishing industry.
Le temps que les autorités Francaises sachent quoi faire, la marée noire avait détruite la flore, la faune et l'industrie de peche.
* Some 20 years later, the Sea Empress had arrived in Milford Haven…
Une vingtaine d'années plus tard, la Sea Empress arrivait à Milford Haven...
* Lessons from the Amoco Cadiz were not learnt and resulted in the case of the Sea Empress disaster
Les leçons de l'Amoco n'ont pas évité le désastre de la Sea Empress.
* now with the Erika disaster in Brittany, same story.
Maintenant avec l'Erika en Bretagne, c'est la meme histoire!
* In France, there have been no nuclear accidents in France despite the huge concentration of nuclear industries.
* The rise of nuclear industries in France has been entirely due to the gaullist ideal of self sufficiency. In order to be independent, France has always been ready to take risks
* France has contaminated numerous island near New Zealand to test its nuclear capability,
* En France on n'a pas de petrole mais on a des idees!
* Regarding nuclear pollution, France has an excellent record on the French mainland. However it has one of the worst
in Europe regarding the contamination of other places…
VOCABULAIRE
L'environnement
Le bruit
La nuisance
Allumer
Broyer
Déboiser
Dévaster
Etre dependant d'une énergie
Gener
L'énergie nucléaire
La sécheresse
French oil tanker breaks in half 13/12/99
BREST, France (AP) - Rough waves and heavy winds Monday broke up diesel oil flowing from a tanker that split in two off the northwest coast of France, reducing the risk of an oil slick, experts said. "For the moment, we're not too worried about pollution," Christophe Rousseau, an official with the marine research center in Brittany, told France Info radio. "Conditions are such that the oil will break up into small parts." Anti-pollution teams began efforts to prevent oil from washing up on the Brittany coast after a tanker carrying about 8 million gallons of diesel oil broke during rough weather.
France faces risk of 'black tide' 14/12/99
QUIMPER, France (AP) - An oil spill from a tanker that split in two over the weekend hugged France's Atlantic coast for a second day Tuesday, raising fears of a "black tide" sweeping the beaches and oyster beds of western France. High winds and rough seas again prevented cleanup efforts of the estimated 3 million gallons of heavy oil floating southwest of the Brittany island of Belle Ile. There remained a "potential, but not immediate" risk of coastal pollution, the Brest Port Authority said. Experts were also anxious about the estimated 4.3 million gallons of thick oil remaining in the holds of the Maltese-registered "Erika," which split in two Sunday in rough seas.
French teams move to vacuum up oil 15/12/99
QUIMPER, France (AP) - Cleanup teams began efforts Wednesday to suck a layer of oil off the ocean's surface near the northwestern coast of France, where an aging tanker cracked in half over the weekend, leaving a slick of some 3 million gallons. Two tugboats equipped with vacuum equipment moved in off the Brittany coast after days of high winds and crashing waves prevented cleanup efforts. Teams were expected to begin vacuuming after they installed barriers to contain the spill. The 24-year-old Maltese-registered tanker, "Erika," broke in two amid rough waters on Sunday, threatening the picturesque beaches and oyster beds of Brittany with a "black tide."
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