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EDF Says Provisional Cost Estimate For Six New-Generation EPR2 Nuclear Plants Is €72.8 Billion

By David Dalton
18 December 2025

Company says target date for commissioning first reactor at Penly is set for 2038

EDF Says Provisional Cost Estimate For Six New-Generation EPR2 Nuclear Plants Is €72.8 Billion
EDF has filed an application to build the first pair of EPR2 nuclear power plants at Penly, in northern France. Courtesy Sfen.
The provisional cost estimate for EDF’s programme to build six new-generation EPR2 nuclear reactors at the Penly, Gravelines and Bugey sites in France is €72.8bn ($85.4bn), the company told its board of directors on 18 December.

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