Nuclear reasons of state definitely do not rhyme with budgetary rigor

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When you love, you don't count. Not a week goes by without this very French passion for nuclear power confirming the adage. Everything happens as if the nuclear industry were the only sector of activity that could escape the desire for budgetary rigor displayed by the public authorities. This Monday, May 12, we learned that the bill for the Cigéo project, which aims to bury the most dangerous radioactive waste in the clay subsoil of Bure (Meuse), could soar to 37.5 billion euros instead of the 25 billion forecast in 2006 .

This new assessment by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra) is no surprise to specialists. It was already written in the sand, given the technical complexity of the matter: it involves storing, for eternity, at 500 meters