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Under Construction
1
Operating
56
Closed
14
Number of Reactors
(as of January 2022)
36.6
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of January 2022)
67.1%
Decrease
Nuclear Share in Electricity Production
(2020)
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WNISR
in the Media –
10 January 2020 [de]
Die Zeit (Germany)
„Atomkraft verschlimmert die Klimakrise“
Der Energieexperte Mycle Schneider glaubt nicht an die Zukunft der Atomindustrie.
WNISR
in the Media –
1 December 2018
Reuters (
UK
)
France reviews fast-breeder nuclear reactor project
Once-promising looking nuclear technology now in question
ASTRID
reactor could be radically downsized (Adds
CEA
comment, detail) Reuters,
NOVEMBER
29, 2018 / 5:57
PM
TOKYO
/
PARIS
, Nov 29 (Reuters) - France’s state-run nuclear agency said on Thursday it had presented options on a new generation of fast-breeder nuclear reactors to the French government and talks were underway but dismissed reports in Japan that it had taken a decision. The Nikkei business daily reported that France had (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
1 December 2018 [fr]
Sciences & Avenir (France)
Nucléaire, l’exception française
? L’énergie nucléaire en France et dans le monde
Alors qu’Emmanuel Macron a annoncé la fermeture de 14 centrales nucléaires en France d’ici 2035, le point sur le poids de cette source d’énergie en France... et dans le monde, en infographies. Sciences & Avenir Par Sarah Sermondadaz le 29.11.2018 à 10h02 Très attendue pour acter la politique de transition énergétique de la France, la Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (
PPE
) a été dévoilée par l’exécutif le mardi 27 novembre 2018. Sur le plan énergétique, outre la fermeture de 14 centrales (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
1 December 2018 [de]
Der Spiegel (Germany): Macron, der Atomlobbyist
Frankreichs neues Energiekonzept
Der neue französische Energieplan ist ganz nach dem Geschmack der Atomindustrie. Viele Reaktoren sollen länger als 50 Jahre laufen. Sicherheitsexperten schlagen Alarm. Der Spiegel, 29. November 2018 Von Georg Blume, Paris Plötzlich ist sie wieder da, Ségolène Royal spricht an diesem Morgen Klartext, unüberhörbar und frech, so wie es die Franzosen lange Jahre von der ehemaligen sozialistischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten, Umweltministerin und Gastgeberin der erfolgreichen Uno-Klimakonferenz von (...)
The Annual Reports –
4 September 2018
Nuclear Power: Strategic Asset, Liability or Increasingly Irrelevant?
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 Released
Paris, London, 4 September 2018. Nuclear power plants added a total of 7-gigawatt (
GW
) capacity to the world’s electricity grids in 2017 and the first half of 2018, a tiny fraction of the total from all sources, which is estimated at some 257
GW
(net) in 2017, including 157
GW
of renewable capacity (the largest increase ever). Over that 18-month period, six reactors started up in China, two in Russia and one in Pakistan. For the third year in a row, excluding China, global nuclear power generation has declined, finds the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 (
WNISR2018
).
WNISR
in the Media –
23 April 2018
Petroleum Economist (
UK
/
US
)
France’s nuclear plans under pressure
Flaws found at a flagship reactor could curb
EDF
’s technology export ambitions Petroleum Economist, 16 April 2018 Craig Guthrie Piping weld issues reported at Électricité de France’s Flamanville nuclear reactor project last week threaten to delay similar reactor builds across Finland and the
UK
, eroding confidence in the technology’s future role in western Europe’s energy mix. State-owned
EDF
admitted on 10 April that inspectors had found “quality deviations” on 150 welds in a system used to (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 April 2018
Christian Science Monitor (
US
)
How Fukushima turned a nuclear advocate into an antinuclear champion
A Shift in Thought
Naoto Kan, Japan’s former prime minister, was devoted to the idea of nuclear power. But after his country’s nuclear disaster in 2011, he turned into an improbable activist against atomic energy. Can he persuade the pro-nuke French? Clare Kittredge Contributor Naoto Kan came to France anyway. The once pro-nuclear former prime minister who led Japan through the Fukushima nuclear disaster recently made a swing through one of France’s most nuclearized areas – the tip of Normandy – giving (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
5 February 2018 [fr]
Challenges (France)
Pourquoi Orano clôt le cycle de l’atome d’Areva
Recapitalisé, restructuré, recentré et maintenant rebaptisé. Le groupe achève le démantèlement de l’ère Lauvergeon et se tourne vers l’Asie. Objectif : être un leader du combustible nucléaire. Challenges Par Nicolas Stiel le 03.02.2018 à 16h00 Ne m’appelez plus jamais Areva… Oubliée l’abbaye cistercienne espagnole d’Arevalo, qui avait inspiré Anne Lauvergeon pour trouver un nom au groupe nucléaire en 2001. Terminé le modèle intégré façon Nespresso. Le directeur général Philippe Knoche, 49 ans, l’a annoncé (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
5 February 2018 [fr]
Le Dauphiné Libéré (France)
Le nucléaire a du plomb dans l’atome
L’année 2018 s’annonce comme une année clef dans la politique nucléaire française. Climat, concurrence, technologie, et coût ne jouent pas en sa faveur. Le Dauphiné Libéré Par Frédérick
MAC
É | Publié le 05/02/2018 à 06:03 Comment va se répartir le mix électrique français
? Quels seront les arbitrages entre l’électricité d’origine nucléaire et celle issues des énergies renouvelables
? Cesont les questions cruciales à laquelle le gouvernement devra répondre dans sa Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
29 June 2017 [fr]
Reuters (
UK
/France)
Nuclear experts say
EDF
’s Flamanville reactor safe to start -source
TOP
NEWS
Reuters, Wed Jun 28, 2017 | 8:08
AM
EDT
* French experts support
ASN
findings on Flamanville reactor * Source says
EDF
in talks to order new reactor cover * Japan’s
JSW
, not Areva’s own foundry, would forge new cover * Greenpeace calls on minister to halt reactor construction (Adds detail, Greenpeace reaction,
ASN
press conference) By Geert De Clercq
PARIS
, June 28 Utility
EDF
’s Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor in northwest France has been cleared by a group of experts for (...)
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