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Four departments put on orange heatwave alert
Hot weather warnings look set to increase over the coming days
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Tourism and leisure sectors in France commit to water saving measures
25 industry players will receive government funding to reduce consumption
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French pharmacists threaten summer of ‘guerilla’ strike action
Protests, closures, and blockades of medicine depots are all on the agenda as anger in the sector rises
France's oldest nuclear plant could last until 2019
Delays in construction of new-generation reactor at Flamanville mean France's oldest nuclear power station is granted a few months' reprieve

France's oldest nuclear power plant could remain operational until 2019, after EDF said a new-generation reactor in the Manche is behind schedule.
A decree published in 2017 paved the way for the closure of the Fessenheim plant, which has been in service since 1978, when the Flamanville 3 reactor became operational. Then-President Francois Hollande had previously pledged during his election campaign that the Haut-Rhin plant would close by 2017.
Flamanville 3 was due to enter service in late 2018, but EDF said in a statement that "quality deviations" on welds in reactor piping connecting the steam generator and the turbine mean that commissioning could be delayed until the summer of next year.
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