France is “progressing successfully” on its “ambitious” new nuclear construction plans with major new projects in the works, Valerie Faudon, executive director of the French nuclear society Sfen, has said in an interview.
The French government and state power company EDF plan to build six EPR 2 reactors, with a further eight units to follow, all scheduled to be completed by 2050.
The French nuclear industry is “ready and working hard towards the next stages of nuclear development,” Faudon said, adding that the country now has four major nuclear-related projects in the works.
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