French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that France's energy and ecological future depends on nuclear power. Speaking during a visit to Framatome's Le Creusot facility, Macron said the industry comprises 3000 companies and 220,000 jobs, with 5000 new hires planned for 2021 in spite of the crisis caused by the pandemic. "Few sectors offer as much, in particular to our young people and all across the country," Macron tweeted.
Nuclear Policies 09 December 2020
British engineering firm Rolls-Royce announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear instrumentation and control (I&C) business to France's Framatome. No UK-based employees are impacted as the agreement does not include Rolls-Royce's civil nuclear business, or small modular reactor activities.
Corporate 07 December 2020
The European Commission should include nuclear among the clean energy technologies that will be financed under the Green Deal low-carbon policy, EDF chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy said today in an online chat with International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol. Several European countries, he noted, are relying on nuclear generation to help them meet their energy and climate goals.
Energy & Environment 25 November 2020