Marignac Says "Far From Being a Model, France Should be a Powerful Cautionary Tale for the U.S. about the Folly of a Headlong Rush into More Nuclear Power" WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S.

A new Quebec beer whose goal is to raise money for the province's independence from Canada isn't experiencing stellar sales. Retired high school teacher Jacques LeDuc is one of the co-founders of the fundraising beer called l'Independante, which went on the market this fall, the Globe and Mail reported. He told the newspaper 22 investors each pooled $22,000 to get the beer made and marketed with an eye to raising money for separatist causes after paying manufacturing costs. He said if 100,000 sovereigntists were to drink one Independante a month, $300,000 would go to the sovereigntist cause each year.

By Steven Erlanger Maia de la Baume contributed reporting from Paris and Matthew L. Wald contributed from Washington. * It looks like an ordinary building site, but for the two massive, rounded concrete shells looming above the ocean, like dusty mushrooms.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 21, 2008) - (TSX:VLN) - Velan SAS, Velan Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary located in Lyon, France, has been selected by CNPEC (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.) to supply high-pressure forged valves for six nuclear power plants in China.

French nuclear power group Areva has said that it will perform an internal enquiry in the wake of the incident that occurred on July 7, 2008, at the Socatri plant on the Tricastin nuclear power plant site in France.