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10 Jul

France May Close Up to 17 Nuclear Reactors by 2025 (Minister)

Paris – France’s minister for Ecological Transition, Nicolas Hulot, announced on Monday that France could close “up to 17 nuclear reactors” by 2025.

According to Hulot, the move is meant to bring policy into line with a law on renewable energy that targets reducing nuclear power to 50% of French electricity generation.

“It’s understandable that in order to reach that target, we will have to close some number of reactors (…) let me plan things out, it could be up to 17 reactors, we’ll have to see,” Hulot told French radio station RTL.

“Every reactor comes with its own unique economic, social and even security context,” he added.

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