how is life organized around the Tricastin power plant?

In the Rhone Valley, no less than four nuclear power plants supply the south with electricity. The Tricastin power plant was built in the 1970s. In the midst of the oil crisis, France had just launched its “all nuclear” program to meet its energy needs. 50 years later, Emmanuel Macron has decided to build six new generation EPRs. The Tricastin site, and especially the neighboring municipalities, are fighting to accommodate two.

A wealth for the territory

Here, nuclear power enriches the whole territory. Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme) has tripled its population since the arrival of the power plant. 10,000 inhabitants today, and amenities worthy of a city three times its size. Living with the nuclear risk is also the fate of the municipalities close to the plant. On the markets, opponents of the new EPRs are trying to make their voices heard. Arguments that affect neither elected officials nor the local economic world.