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The construction of the six nuclear reactors wanted by Emmanuel Macron should begin in 2024 with a first pair at the Penly power plant in 2027. But the French giant is encountering serious problems with this development of the Flamanville EPR and finds itself under pressure from the Nuclear Safety Authority.
One year following his Belfort speech in February 2022 and the announcement of the construction of six new EPR-type reactors (pressurized water reactor), Emmanuel Macron intends to see his wishes come true. It is decided to inaugurate, from 2024, the site of the first two “EPR2”, which will be built on the Penly power station (Seine-Maritime). The Head of State wants his second stay at the Elysee Palace to go down in history as that of the revival of French nuclear power, fifty years following the great Pompidou program. And given the energy emergency and climatic, he is counting on a delivery of this first pair by 2035. The President of Jupiter has entrusted this high-risk mission to the new CEO of EDF, Luc Rémont, appointed this Wednesday by the Council of Ministers. For him, failure is not an option.
After the conclusion of the rigorous public debate, EDF should indeed be able to submit its authorization application file for the creation of the two new Normandy EPRs to the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) in the spring of 2023, as well as that of the build in Penly. A regulatory step in