Macron Dithers On Nuclear Power Investment As Issue Divides France
Macron Dithers On Nuclear Power Investment As Issue Divides France Posted 19/07/2021 11:05 Emmanuel Macron has been a vocal supporter of nuclear power, insisting in December that the carbon emission-free energy was key to France’s green transition. But less than a year before presidential elections, the French leader is leaving the multibillion question of adding new reactors undecided as the issue becomes increasingly divisive. France’s 56 reactors — making the country the second-largest atomic nation by capacity behind the US — produce 70 per cent of its electricity and explain why ...