{"id":4522,"date":"2011-03-20T03:14:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T03:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T14:56:13","slug":"le-nucleaire-civil-pour-ou-contre-for-or-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-nucleaire-civil-pour-ou-contre-for-or-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Le nucl\u00e9aire civil: pour ou contre?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of the tragic tremblement de terre <\/em><\/strong>(earthquake) that devastated\u00a0Japan <\/strong>a few days ago, an overheated debate has re-emerged on the international scene concerning the risks associated with the development of l’\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>nergie nucl\u00e9aire <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n

Many opponents of the use of this form of energy are undoubtedly well-intentioned, and are quick\u00a0to point out\u00a0previous nuclear-related accidents, such as the\u00a01979 Three <\/strong>Mile Island <\/strong>accident in Pennsylvania <\/strong>(an accident that, eerily enough, seems to have been announced to\u00a0the “grand public<\/em><\/strong>”\u00a012 days\u00a0before <\/em>its occurrence, in the famous American\u00a0thriller “The China Syndrome<\/strong>“, starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemon), or the 1986 Chernobyl disaster<\/strong>, the only of such accidents to be classified as a niveau sept <\/strong><\/em>(level seven) on the “\u00c9chelle internationale des \u00e9v\u00e9nements nucl\u00e9aires<\/strong><\/em>” (“The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.”)<\/p>\n

But, in the same time, and beyond these very legitimate fears over the safety of our planet and its environment, several leaders of emerging countries, such as China, Brazil, <\/strong>India<\/strong>, and South Africa<\/strong>, suspect less laudable motivations behind re-launching the “nuclear debate”, as was the case with the\u00a0“CO2 <\/sub>cap-and-trade” <\/strong>issue, whose true designs, in some powerful circles,\u00a0had less to do with l’environnement <\/em><\/strong>per se\u00a0than with issues of\u00a0domination\u00a0g\u00e9opolitique <\/em><\/strong>and \u00e9conomique<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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But before going further into this topic, which can be the subject of a separate post here on the French Blog, you are invited today to watch a very valuable documentaire fran\u00e7ais<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>called “les dessous des cartes<\/em><\/strong>” (literally and figuratively, “The Lower Side of the Cards<\/strong>“), which I trust you will find very insightful.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnW5LBId1Jk<\/a>
\n“Le Dessous des Cartes<\/em>“—“Le civil nucl\u00e9aire<\/em>” (“Civilian Nuclear”)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And whether your French level is “beginner” or “intermediate”, here is for you a list\u00a0of some key terms and expressions translated in English that can\u00a0help you understand this documentaire<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n