France’s nuclear power industry has detailed a series of domestic and international plans that could deliver a 25% increase in the employment level in the sector to 2033, resulting in an estimated extra 55,000 jobs.

The report on the sector’s current capacities and future recruitment and training needs was delivered by the French nuclear industry trade association, Gifen, to French minister for energy transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher and minister for industry Roland Lescure.

The ministers commissioned the report in January to help ensure French companies are prepared for the expected increased workload accompanying both construction of new reactors and a maintenance programme to prolong operation of the country’s existing 56 nuclear units.