France to Decide on Eight More Nuclear Reactors by End of 2026
- That’s in addition to six atomic plants France already plans
- Nuclear is part of country’s plan to shift from fossil fuels
A Nuclear power plant in Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France.
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France will decide by the end of 2026 on whether to build another eight large nuclear reactors in addition to the six atomic plants it already plans to construct.
President Emmanuel Macron has already said that France could build as many as 14 new reactors by 2050 as part of the country’s plan to become carbon neutral by the middle of the century. The end-2026 deadline — unveiled in a government document Wednesday — would be just months before the next presidential election.