the region hosts two important nuclear power facilities. at flamanville there is a nuclear power plant, where the second european pressurized reactor in the world is being constructed, with commissioning delayed to 2016 or later. cogema la hague site, a large nuclear waste reprocessing and storage complex operated by areva nc, is located a few miles to the north, at beaumont-hague. the facility stores all high level waste from the french nuclear power program in one large vault. nuclear industry provides a substantial portion of jobs in the region. the roads used for transport of nuclear waste have been blocked many times in the past by environmental action group greenpeace. local environmental groups have voiced concerns about the radioactivity levels of the cooling water of both these nuclear sites, which is being flushed into the bay of vauville; however, the emitted radioactivity is several orders of magnitude below natural background levels and does not pose any hazard.