France has chosen Bugey in eastern France as a site for two new nuclear reactors, part of a wider construction programme of six reactors costing an estimated €52bn ($58.2bn).
The office of French president Emmanual Macron announced the move on Wednesday (19 July), indicating that the pair of next-generation EPR2 reactors would be built on the site of an existing nuclear power plant at Bugey.
The Bugey EPR2 units will be the third pair of EPR2 reactors, after identical pairs at Penly and Gravelines in northern France.
“The Nuclear Policy Council has decided to choose the Bugey site, with the support of local elected representatives, for the installation of the third pair of EPR2 reactors, after Penly and Gravelines,” a statement said.
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