In fact this news is very symptomatic of the degree of amateurism of our government.The candidate Macron of 2017 was committed in the continuity of Holland to reduce the share of nuclear power to 50%.
Faced with the energy crisis (announced since the end of the 90s!) President Macron of 2021 discovers that we cannot operate this reduction! It's scary because we are on the reasoning of a college student!
For the rest when it comes to "new reactors" we must understand EPR, because there are no new technologies marketable in our near future.
MSFR type reactors (liquid fission) will not be ready before 2035 at best ...
Are you ready for the crisis?
NB: Our president has also announced "full employment", and the abolition of aid for the unmotivated unemployed (!).
The latter apparently has not yet understood that we are now engaged in a two-beat waltz:
1) high priced energy = slower growth= unemployment =
2) fall in the price of energy = revival of growth= increase in energy prices = slowdown in growth etc ... etc ... i.e. an economy in
stop and go for at least 15 years.
This condemns the economy to lyrical flights punctuated by a disillusioning tomorrow. Workers are therefore quickly condemned to flexibility (the smoker
flexi-security neo-liberal) and precariousness.
I can't wait to hear the next president (Macron?) In 3 years explaining the current crisis ...
"Engineering is sometimes about knowing when to stop" Charles De Gaulle.