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REVEALED: Paris perspective 39 france s nuclear renaissance in a post atomic age yves marignac - The Real Truth

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to workers at GE's main production site for its nuclear turbine systems in Belfort, eastern France, on 10 February 2022, as part of a visit dedicated to energy policy and the future of the country's atomic industry. © Jean-Francois Badias / POOL / AFP

In this edition of Paris Perspective, we look at energy transition, the future of France’s atomic energy grid and President Emmanuel Macron’s political promise of a nuclear renaissance.

One year ago, as President Macron was readying himself for the campaign trail that would lead to his re-election, he gave an address in the city of Belfort – an historically industrial town in eastern France – extolling the policies of a nuclear renaissance in France and an eventual €60 billion investment towards the building of six new EPR reactors.

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