Thanks to a presidential speech, Belfort will no longer be the symbol of the sale of an industrial gem to an American multinational, but of the revival of a very French sector, nuclear power.
Eight years after the sale of Alstom turbines to GE, Emmanuel Macron goes to the eastern city to welcome EDF's upcoming takeover of GE's Arabelle nuclear turbines.
Above all, he wants to take this opportunity to place the first order for nuclear reactors in decades.
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The Head of State had slipped, on November 9, that he wanted to
“relaunch the construction of reactors in our country”
.
Thursday, in Belfort, he intends to get into the hard part of the subject.
“The president will specify the number of reactors he wants to see built in France in the coming years, and he could go further with a timing of the relaunch of nuclear power
, explains a source familiar with the matter.
It will also provide a precise answer to the location of the first…
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