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The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012.

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The graph illustrates how much
electricity
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 was produced in France from 1980 to 2012 from thermal, nuclear, hydroelectric and renewable sources.
Overall
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, nuclear energy was the largest source of
electricity
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 for most of the
period
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, except at the beginning.
While
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 nuclear production increased dramatically over time,
electricity
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 generated from hydroelectric and thermal sources remained relatively low,
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 renewables rose slightly towards the end of the
period
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. In 1980, nuclear
power
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 generated around 70
TW-h
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 of
electricity
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, considerably less than thermal
power
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.
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, its production rose sharply over the following years, reaching approximately 200
TW-h
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 in 1985 and 300
TW-h
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 by 1990.
This
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 upward trend continued, with the figure climbing to around 400
TW-h
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 by 2000 and peaking at approximately 430
TW-h
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 in the mid-2000s. Despite some fluctuations towards the end of the
period
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, nuclear
power
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 remained the dominant source, finishing at just over 400
TW-h
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 in 2012.
By contrast
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, the other three sources produced considerably less
electricity
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. Thermal
power
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 started at approximately 120
TW-h
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 in 1980, but fell sharply to around 40
TW-h
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 by the late 1980s, after which it fluctuated between roughly 30 and 60
TW-h
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. Hydroelectric production was relatively stable, generally ranging from about 50 to 80
TW-h
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 throughout the
period
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. Renewables, meanwhile, remained close to zero for most of the
period
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 before gradually increasing to approximately 25
TW-h
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 by 2012.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words electricity, period, power, tw-h with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuations" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "considerably" was used 2 times.
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