French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants. In a televised address on Tuesday evening, Macron justified this with, among other things, the fight against climate change and concerns about a reliable energy supply. At the same time, however, the development of renewable energies should also be continued. France is one of the countries that have been using nuclear energy for a long time and want to stick to it. 56 reactors are currently in operation there. Macron said in the TV address: “In order to ensure France’s energy independence, secure our country’s electricity supply and achieve our goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, we will restart the construction of nuclear reactors in our country for the first time in decades.”
France – Paris plans nuclear power plants – politics
