PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will announce later this week the variety of new nuclear reactors France will construct and the way the nation pays for it, his finance minister mentioned.
Macron mentioned in November that France would construct its first new nuclear reactors in a long time to scale back its dependence on international nations for power.
He gave no particulars on the time, however his authorities has been anticipated to announce the development of as much as six new pressurised-water reactors.
“Tens of billions of euros might be required if we wish to have power with out CO2 emissions and if we wish to construct new nuclear vegetation,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire advised a convention organised by German media.
“The French president will give all of the figures this week, he’ll announce the variety of reactors and the way we pays for that,” Le Maire mentioned.
Individually, Power Minister Barbara Pompili mentioned on Franceinfo radio that Macron was anticipated to element the relaunch of the nuclear business throughout a go to on Thursday to the japanese metropolis of Belfort.
She additionally confirmed current media experiences that state-controlled power group EDF would purchase Common Electrical’s France-based turbine unit primarily based in Belfort.
(Reporting by Leigh Thomas; modifying by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jason Neely)
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