France is drafting legislation to streamline bureaucracy around nuclear power projects and aims to start construction of its first next-generation EPR2 nuclear power plant before May 2027, an energy ministry official said.
“The goal is for the procedural part and authorisations to last less than five years and for construction work on the first EPR2 to start before the end of the presidential term, before May 2027,” the ministry official told reporters.
“The latest timetable... sees commercial operations at that reactor starting from 2035-36,” the official said.
“The goal is for the procedural part and authorisations to last less than five years and for construction work on the first EPR2 to start before the end of the presidential term, before May 2027,” the ministry official told reporters.
“The latest timetable... sees commercial operations at that reactor starting from 2035-36,” the official said.
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