Paris [France], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that the country plans to build six new EPR2 nuclear reactors by 2050.

"We will launch a program of new nuclear reactors from today... I would like six EPR2 [reactors] to be built and we will start research on building eight additional EPR2 [reactors]," Macron said when giving a speech in the Belfort commune.

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The French president added that the construction will begin in 2028, and the first new reactor should be launched by 2035. (ANI/Sputnik)

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