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France has 59 nuclear power plants that produce 87% of the electricity generated nationwide, 18% of which is exported to other EU nations. They have the lowest electricity rates in Europe. Cities are actually COMPETING to be chosen for the site of the next plant, to be announced in 2009.
In 1973, when the first oil crisis hit, France generated 90% of it's electricity with oil. They built 56 nuclear plants in the next 15 years! The French reprocess most of their spent fuel, and accept spent fuel from other countries, including the US and Japan. They are the #1 reprocessor of spent nuclear fuel in the world.
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