The French Parliament has adopted a nuclear stimulus law that removes the previous cap of 63.2 GW of total authorised nuclear capacity and the objective of limiting nuclear power generation to 50% of the French power mix by 2035 and that paves the way for the construction of six new EPR reactors by 2035 and for launching studies for another eight.
France plans to build 6 new next-generation EPRs (European Pressured Reactors II) and to launch studies for the construction of 8 additional EPRs as well as SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) to have 25 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2050. The first new EPR should be commissioned in 2035 and the lifetime of existing nuclear reactors would be expanded after 50 years. In May 2021, EDF had submitted plans to build six new EPRs to the French government; the new EPR II reactors would be built by pairs at Penly, Gravelines and Bugey or Tricastin, enabling to reduce costs and construction times.
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