The French government wants to build eight more nuclear reactors on top of the six previously announced.
Energy transition minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told La Tribune Dimanche that more were needed to end France’s dependence on fossil fuels, which account for more than 60% of the energy consumed in the country.
“My ambition is to lower this figure to 40% by 2035,” she said.
She didn’t specify the type of reactors but said the aim was to construct an additional 13GW, which she said “corresponds well to the power of eight EPRs, without chiselling in marble this or that technology”
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