Louis Armand was put in charge of a study into the prospects of nuclear energy use in Europe; his report concluded that further nuclear development was needed to fill the deficit left by the exhaustion of coal deposits and to reduce dependence on oil producers.
Den franske ingeniør Louis Armand blev sat til at lede en undersøgelse af fremtidsmulighederne for atomkraft i Europa; hans rapport konkluderede, at der behøvedes yderligere forskning i kernekraft for at kompensere for udtømningen af kulreserverne og for at mindske afhængigheden af importeret olie.