France continues to cling to nuclear energy under President Emmanuel Macron. A total of fourteen new power stations will be built in the coming years.
France wants to build eight more nuclear power plants in the coming years, in addition to the six nuclear power plants already planned.
This is much more than previously planned, Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher told the newspaper ‘Tribune Dimanche’ on Sunday.
“Historic nuclear fleet will not last forever”
According to her, this goal requires the construction of additional power plants with a capacity of 13 gigawatts from 2026. This corresponds to “the output of eight” EPR reactors. “The historic nuclear fleet will not last forever.”
The EPR reactor model developed by France was intended to revive nuclear energy after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and provide more energy with greater safety. There are three reactors in operation: one in Finland and two in China.
First reactor online in 2024
According to French state energy company EDF, the first EPR reactor in France will be commissioned for testing purposes in Normandy in mid-2024. 17 years after construction began and at a cost of 12.7 billion euros – four times as much as originally planned.
Source: Krone
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