France has drafted a law to prepare for the construction of eight additional new-generation EPR2 nuclear power plants, beyond the six already announced, energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told Sunday’s edition of weekly newspaper Tribune Dimanche.
The legislation, set to be presented soon, recognises that the country will need nuclear power beyond the six first EPR2 plants announced by president Emmanuel Macron in early 2022, Pannier-Runacher said.
It includes plans for a further eight EPR2 plants that had until now been discussed as an “option” by the government. It would bring the total planned new units to 14.
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