Christine Bergé
Anthropologue
Philosophe et anthropologue, Christine Bergé a écrit plusieurs ouvrages dont L’Odyssée de la mémoire (La Découverte) ou un ouvrage de sciences humaines autour de la même question de la déconstruction de Superphénix : Superphénix ou la déconstruction d’un mythe (La Découverte, 2010).
MHSD / Déconstruction
Jacqueline Salmon / Christine Bergé
In the history of French, European, and global nuclear power, Superphénix is a unique case. No other technological object, it seems, has unleashed so many contradictory passions, both technical and political.
Since 1999, the Creys-Malville nuclear power plant has been undergoing decommissioning. In 2005, Jacqueline Salmon decided to undertake a major photographic project on nuclear waste. It was within this framework that she became interested in power plants undergoing decommissioning, and especially in Superphénix. She wanted to continue her exploration of places for which we bear a responsibility in the face of history. After obtaining the necessary permits, the photographer worked between 2007 and 2010 in areas not open to the public.
She brought back a remarkable collection of images that lend this personal work a documentary dimension, taking the curious reader behind the closed walls of the power plant. Today, in the control room, one notices many masked screens, now out of service. On the meter that once displayed the reactor's power output, one reads "MHSD," Permanently Decommissioned.
An accompanying text by anthropologist Christine Bergé focuses on accounts gathered from the plant's employees, offering a unique perspective on this impressive nuclear reactor decommissioning project.
MHSD / Déconstruction
22 x 28 cm, 96 pages, 50 full-color reproductions, paperback with flaps
Graphic design: Danish Pastry Design
ISBN: 978-2-919507-01-6