Europe 1 with AFP 4:32 p.m., February 10, 2022, modified at 4:33 p.m., February 10, 2022
"I made two strong decisions: to extend all the nuclear reactors that can be extended, without giving up anything on safety" and "that no nuclear reactor in a state of production be closed in the future except for safety reasons" , he said in Belfort.
Emmanuel Macron also wants to build six new EPR nuclear reactors by 2050 and plans eight more.
President Emmanuel Macron wants to "extend all the reactors that can be extended", beyond 50 years if possible, he announced on Thursday, a volte-face from the 2018 objectives of closing a dozen. .
"I made two strong decisions: to extend all the nuclear reactors that can be extended, without giving up anything on safety" and "that no nuclear reactor in a state of production should be closed in the future (...) except for safety reasons", he said in Belfort, specifying that he had asked EDF "to study the conditions for extension beyond 50 years".
The president wants to build six new EPR nuclear reactors by 2050 and is considering eight more, he announced Thursday in Belfort, with the first EPR2 being commissioned around 2035. They will be supplemented by small modular reactors. (SMR) and "innovative" reactors producing less waste, with the objective of "25 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity by 2050", a "revolution" justified by the increase in electricity needs.
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