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In an historic end of 43 years of service, the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in Alsace will be shut down and dismantled for good. France's oldest power plant will deliver its last watts, an end to of years of turmoil, debate and postponement of its shutdown. IMAGES
In Tarn-et-Garonne, angry farmers are blocking access to the Golfech nuclear power station, which supplies electricity to the Toulouse region. Around fifty tractors and several bales of straw are blocking traffic. IMAGES
Environment activists Greenpeace demonstrate their opposition to the future Nuclear Power Plant (EPR) at Flamanville, off the coast of northern France, by tagging a banner saying: "EPR, le fiasco" (EPR, the fiasco) on the Rainbow Warrior III ahead of several operations on Friday. It sailed just off the coast of the future site to protest the plant's treatment of nuclear waste as well as delays in the plant's construction which means it may not be up and running until after 2022, over 10 years behind schedule. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe are greeted by Renault CEO Luca de Meo as they arrive at the Renault Group site in Sandouville to tour of the industrial line of the auto maker's plant in Normandy. IMAGES
Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said building six new nuclear reactors is the "biggest industrial challenge of our time for France". Le Maire spoke outside nuclear power plant of Gravelines in northern France. French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to have six EPRs or third generation pressurised water nuclear reactors, by 2035. SOUNDBITE
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