Nuclear: France must go “beyond six EPRs” to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, according to Agnès Pannier-Runacher

France is banking on nuclear power. MAXPPP – Jean-Luc Flémal

France must go "beyond six EPR" to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, which represent 60% of its energy consumed, in order to reach 40% in 2035, estimates the Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche.

Concerning the broad outlines of the bill relating to energy sovereignty that she will present by the end of the month, Agnès Pannier-Runacher judges that'& quot;we need nuclear power beyond the first six EPRs since the historic park will not be eternal.

"A good subject for discussion with parliamentarians"

"But the editorial team remains technologically neutral: it involves committing, after 2026, 'additional constructions representing 13 gigawatts' . Which corresponds well to the power of eight EPRs, without setting this or that technology in stone,” she explains.

During a speech given in Belfort in February 2022, Emmanuel Macron hoped that a stage of six EPR2s would be built and that we launch studies on the ;#39;extension of this level with eight additional EPR2s.

In her interview, Agnès Pannier-Runacher also believes that going beyond the construction of 14 EPRs will be a "good subject of discussion with parliamentarians", all by saying that we need to increase renewables.