**France is planning to begin work on the first of six EPR2 reactors before May 2027, an energy ministry official said on Tuesday.**
The date is the same month that President Emmanuel Macron’s second term ends, and is tied to his plans to base France’s 2050 zero-carbon plans on the latest generation of French-designed reactors.
A ministry official told reporters: “The goal is for the procedural part and authorisations to last less than five years and for construction of the first EPR2 to start before the end of the presidential term.”
The six reactors, which are to be built by EDF and are expected to cost around €52bn, will be built on three existing sites: two at Penly in the Seine-Maritime department, two at Gravelines in northern France, and two in Bugey, eastern France, or Tricastin, in the south of country.
The first completion target is between 2035 and 2036 for the Penly reactors.
Meanwhile half of their existing fleet is running on Hopium.
Meanwhile Germany going to continue using coal, like bruh.
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**France is planning to begin work on the first of six EPR2 reactors before May 2027, an energy ministry official said on Tuesday.**
The date is the same month that President Emmanuel Macron’s second term ends, and is tied to his plans to base France’s 2050 zero-carbon plans on the latest generation of French-designed reactors.
A ministry official told reporters: “The goal is for the procedural part and authorisations to last less than five years and for construction of the first EPR2 to start before the end of the presidential term.”
The six reactors, which are to be built by EDF and are expected to cost around €52bn, will be built on three existing sites: two at Penly in the Seine-Maritime department, two at Gravelines in northern France, and two in Bugey, eastern France, or Tricastin, in the south of country.
The first completion target is between 2035 and 2036 for the Penly reactors.
Meanwhile half of their existing fleet is running on Hopium.
Meanwhile Germany going to continue using coal, like bruh.