Saint-Vulbas. A divisive end to the consultation, despite the richness of the debate

This May 15th, the public debate on the proposed installation of two EPR2s at the Bugey nuclear power plant will come to an end. The final meeting was held on Tuesday in Saint-Vulbas, leaving plenty of room to debate the "convinced," the "rebels," and the "undecided."

Pierre-Franck Thomé Jassaud (EDF) faced comments from the anti-nuclear members of SDN Bugey. Photo Jean-Marc Mazué

On Tuesday, the final meeting of the public debate on the EPR2 was held at the international meeting center in Saint-Vulbas. Some 200 people participated in person and 70 via videoconference. The debate commission team assessed the results as "fairly satisfactory in terms of the quality of the discussions, respect for the sensitivity of the volume of information, and the collection of opinions and questions." Over the entire procedure (ten meetings, nine...

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