The government authorized EDF, by a decree published on 22 August 2026 in the Official Gazette, to initiate the first operations to accommodate two new nuclear units at the Gravelines site, spread over four northern communes. France had no longer started a project of this magnitude since the EPR in Flamanville, whose shortcomings marked the entire industry. The EPR2 reactor takes on the main principles, but in a simplified version, thought to co…
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The government authorized EDF, by a decree published on 22 August 2026 in the Official Gazette, to initiate the first operations to accommodate two new nuclear units at the Gravelines site, spread over four northern communes. France had no longer started a project of this magnitude since the EPR in Flamanville, whose shortcomings marked the entire industry. The EPR2 reactor takes on the main principles, but in a simplified version, thought to co…