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That's wrong. France's electricity is 70 % nuclear, on plants that were never built during a dictatorship phase.

The fossil industry is doing a fantastic job hiding problems in "free societies" and dictatorships alike.

France?

They were able to build them in the past. It is unclear if they can still do it. It seems even for France the issues are piling up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France