Cogema

Type
Closure
Country
France
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur; Bouches-du-Rhône
Location of affected unit(s)
Cadarache
Sector
Manufacturing
(24 - 25) Manufacture of metals
24.4 - Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
24.46 - Processing of nuclear fuel
306 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 January 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2003
Foreseen end date
1 January 2010

Description

The closure of the nuclear plant of Cadarache is due to the high risk of accident in case of heartquake. The plant could not be able to resist a degree "8 " heartquake.

On the 306 workers, 66 should be relocated to another plan in Marcoule (Languedoc-Roussillon) and 100 should be transfered to other units of the Group.

140 workers will still work at Cadarache untill 2006 in order to prepare the slow closure of the plan. The dismantling is planned for 2010.

Citation

Eurofound (2003), Cogema, Closure in France, factsheet number 59248, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59248.