Décembre 2017 / Renewable Energy Institute

The Beginning of the End for Nuclear Power in France

16 November 2017 Romain Zissler, Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute

Rising costs, safety concerns, and political will are shaking the foundations of the French nuclear powerhouse.

For over thirty years now the large majority of French electricity has been produced from nuclear power. 1 And in 2016, nuclear power still accounted for 73% of France’s electricity generation. 2 Based on these first observations it is hard to imagine that we may currently be witnessing the early (...)

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