Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors
As happy as I am that nuclear is back, I really don&#x27;t trust Macron on this. For the record, here is what he did in his current term regarding nuclear:<p>- shut down the Fessenheim plant, one of the most reliable one. Yes it was the oldest, but not by far, and reports from the nuclear authority are pretty clear that this plant was in a much better shape than others built just a few years afterwards (Bugey, one year later which is now older than Fessenheim was when shut down, and Blayais started 4 years later).<p>- promised to reduce the share of nuclear in the electricty mix to 50% by 2025.<p>- shut down Astrid, the French research project for 4th generation nuclear (which is the only long term viable path for nuclear, since there will never be a shortage of fertile material (U238 or Thorium) whereas fissile one is pretty limited. Breeding reactors also solve the very-long lived nuclear waste issue).<p>He did all of this when he was trying to seduce electors from the green party. Now he don&#x27;t seem to care about them, but who knows for how long…