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Why France has had no public nuclear debate

France has not had the public debates on science and technology of other western nations. Pierre Papon, of the Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris, outlines why.

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Papon, P. Why France has had no public nuclear debate. Nature 281, 94–95 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/281094a0

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