France is to grant more than €100m ($107m) to train workers and boost innovation in civil nuclear projects over the next decade, part of a wider plan to relaunch the sector, the energy and education ministries said.

The government will also receive a plan from the nuclear industry breaking down its needs, after an initial estimate earlier this year that it required 100,000 new recruits by 2033. The sector employs 220,000 workers in France.

The training push follows French president Emmanuel Macron's decision to spend around €10bn to renationalise EDF, the group which owns and operates the French commercial nuclear reactor fleet, and to convene a pan-European nuclear alliance to push for more nuclear deployment around Europe.

Macron is a long-time proponent of nuclear power and sees reactors as key element of push for net zero and energy security.