"For the first time in decades": France returns to the construction of nuclear power plants

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France is going to return to the construction of nuclear power plants. Such a statement was made by the President of the Fifth Republic Emmanuel Macron during a televised address to the citizens of the country. The French leader noted that such a decision was made in order to reduce the state's dependence on energy imports.

For the first time in decades, we will build a nuclear power plant. We will also continue to work on renewable energy sources.

- said Macron.



In 2018, the French president announced plans to reduce nuclear power generation by 50% until 2035. Now, due to the energy crisis in the EU, Macron has dramatically changed his mind.

Damien Ernst, an energy expert and professor of electromechanical engineering at the University of Liege, believes that Macron's announced decision to build three pairs of large EPR nuclear reactors in France, as well as a network of small nuclear reactors of the SMR type, is a major shift in the French power industry. policy... He told the agency about this. RIA News.

The expert recalled that France was once one of the world leaders in the field of nuclear energy. In particular, its Technology actively bought up China, which has plans to build 159 reactors in the next decade. Now the French have to "retrain" and restore their technological potential.
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  1. psergeev2
    psergeev2
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    11 November 2021 00: 59
    France produces 66 gigawatts from nuclear power plants, 2 times more than Russia. Crisis .. energy ha ha ha. Even if they had reduced it by 2 times, it would have been the same as in Russia. So what kind of nuclear power plant crisis in France are we talking about? Plus it is warmer there, the territory is smaller and there are almost 2 times less people. In this case, we generally have an energy collapse in Russia.
    1. gorenina91
      gorenina91
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      11 November 2021 04: 50
      France gives out 66 gigavat from nuclear power plants, 2 times more than Russia. Crisis .. energy ha ha ha. Even if they had reduced it by 2 times, it would have been the same as in Russia. So what kind of nuclear power plant crisis in France are we talking about? Plus it is warmer there, the territory is smaller and there are almost 2 times less people. In this case, we generally have an energy collapse in Russia.

      - Yes, absolutely ...
      - How many "climatic and time zones" does Russia have ??? - And how many "climatic zones" does France have ???
      - And ... and colossal distances in Russia - when it is necessary to "transfer energy" over gigantic distances ... - Some wires and power transmission line supports (poles, masts, transformers, etc.) - how many are needed ...
      - Another thing is in France - where everything is not so far from these nuclear power plants ... - you can easily and simply purposefully supply electricity to certain areas and objects ...
      - And no (as in Russia) severe frosts (frosty frost on the wires; there are no frozen frosty "sparkling from frosty frost" electric bags, knife switches; high-voltage "switches-switches" and all kinds of electrical relays, which "Frost-voivode constantly bypasses with patrol ") ... - There are no gigantic floods (when electricity" can short-circuit ") and fires ... - which in the area in Russia are - almost the size of the entire territory of France itself ... - And all these cataclysms - how- then they "do not choose" a place where there is "nothing electrical" ...
      - And cataclysms happen in France - but they are simply ridiculous in comparison with natural disasters in Russia ... - And electricity and other energy - don't give a damn about all this ... - if you want, little people, to use - so provide the necessary proper conditions ... - and only so...
      - My plus, Mr. psergeev2 (Petr Sergeev) ...
  2. Dust
    Dust
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    11 November 2021 08: 00
    Well, yes, nuclear waste to Russia…. Ah, this mysterious Russia ...
  3. Scharnhorst
    Scharnhorst
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    11 November 2021 12: 38
    If the "offensive of common sense" continues throughout Geyrop, then soon the Belarusians and Kaliningraders will have to prepare for protests against the restoration of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania! Greta Tumberg does not launder the grandmothers invested in her PR, "it is bad we are still raising our youth"!