The presidential announcement may have been relegated to the very end of a televised intervention on Covid-19, it is historic.
France is moving towards the construction of new nuclear reactors.
"We are going, for the first time in decades, to relaunch the construction of nuclear reactors in our country,"
Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday evening.
According to the recommendations of the sector, the minimum number of EPR2 reactors to be ordered is three pairs of reactors.
The head of state should clarify his vision in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, EDF says it is
technically
“ready”
.
But the group does not have the means to finance, on its own, the construction of several pairs of EPR2, the new model of pressurized water nuclear reactor supposed to improve the design of the Flamanville EPR.
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The first pair of EPR2 reactors would cost between 17 and 21 billion euros, according to a draft government report published by the specialized agency Context.
The total bill of
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