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France to build up to 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050, says Macron<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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French president says \u2018renaissance\u2019 of atomic energy industry will help end country\u2019s reliance on fossil fuels<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Emmanuel Macron made his announcement during an visit to the eastern industrial town of Belfort.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Badias\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Emmanuel Macron has announced a \u201crenaissance\u201d for the French nuclear industry with a vast programme to build as many as 14 new reactors, arguing that it would help end the country\u2019s reliance on fossil fuels and make France<\/a>\u00a0carbon neutral by 2050.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat our country needs … is the rebirth of France\u2019s nuclear industry,\u201d Macron said in a speech in the eastern industrial town of Belfort, in which he lauded the country\u2019s technological prowess.<\/p>\n

The centrist French president, who is expected to announce his campaign for re-election this month, is conscious of a growing debate about energy ahead of this spring\u2019s presidential vote as costs to consumers rise. Environmental issues are also a growing concern among French voters.<\/p>\n

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Atomic energy provides about 70% of French electricity, and low-cost nuclear power has been a mainstay of the French economy since the 1970s, but recent attempts to build new-generation reactors to replace older models have become mired in cost overruns and delays.<\/p>\n

Presidential candidates on the right have supported more nuclear power plants saying France should have \u201csovereignty\u201d over its electricity, while detractors on the left have warned of the cost and complexity of building new reactors. Environmentalists have raised safety concerns over radioactive waste that remains deadly for tens of thousands of years.<\/p>\n

Macron said French nuclear regulators were \u201cunequalled\u201d in their rigour and professionalism and that the decision to build new nuclear power plants was a \u201cchoice of progress, a choice of confidence in science and technology\u201d.<\/p>\n

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France to build up to 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050, says Macron French president says \u2018renaissance\u2019 of atomic energy industry will help end country\u2019s reliance on fossil fuels Emmanuel Macron made his announcement during an visit to the eastern industrial town of Belfort.\u00a0Photograph: Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Badias\/AFP\/Getty Images Emmanuel Macron has announced a \u201crenaissance\u201d for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32649,23987,328,333,579,6917],"class_list":["post-61882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-angelique-chrisafis","tag-emmanual-macron","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-france","tag-nuclear-power","tag-the-guardian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61883,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61882\/revisions\/61883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}