This is one of the questions raised by the presidential campaign. Should the Fessenheim nuclear power plant be reopened? The LCP channel devotes an evening to this sector, while the President of the Republic announced his wish to relaunch the nuclear program.
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On the program, from Wednesday March 30 at 8:35 p.m., a debate preceded by a documentary: Fessenheim, the beginning of the end of nuclear power directed by Jean-Charles Deniau.
Fessenheim closed in June 2020. This documentary reveals the last and crucial episode in the life of this controversial symbol of French civilian nuclear power.
▶️ Tonight at 8:35 p.m. “Fessenheim, the beginning of the end of nuclear power” by Jean-Charles Deniau in #DebateDoc pic.twitter.com/EhpDBNsgIx
—LCP (@LCP) March 30, 2022
In 2020, the documentary filmmaker Jean-Charles Deniau filmed in Fessenheim the closure of the power plant decided under the presidency of François Hollande and endorsed by President Macron. At his microphone, the various interlocutors presented irreconcilable opinions. The mayor of Fessenheim speaks of a decision taken on the altar of environmentalism, a CGT elected official refutes the concerns encountered by the plant while Corinne Lepage explains why the very location of the plant on a seismic site has always been dangerous.
On franceinfo, Jean-Charles Deniau says he was surprised at the time. According to him, “people around Fessenheim stuffed themselves. The city of Fessenheim is a small village which had a colossal budget. It’s just if the sidewalks weren’t made of marble.” The reopening of Fessenheim is impossible for the director: “Fessenheim was a kind of prototype. The plant has a lot of flaws. Its closure was inevitable. For the others, it’s something else,” observes Jean-Charles Deniau.
“Let’s not forget that the expiry dates of the power plants will follow one after the other from 2024 or 2025.”
Jean-Charles Deniauon franceinfo
EDF did not agree to participate in the documentary: “However, I had previously shot another documentary on nuclear power with their support. But there, they were very uncomfortable about the closure of Fessenheim, they did not want to talk about it. They thought until the last moment that it wouldn’t happen” he concludes.
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