France already has one 3rd gen nuclear plant under construction, Flamanville 3, and it's 10 years behind schedule. That's discouraging. France did so well at nuclear plant construction in the 1980s.
France nuclear innovation was very linked to military force and bombs. Over the decades, skills where lost and biggest players in the field are failing companies deep in dept. The enregetical status quo looks good but there is absolutely no research in the field except fusion which is very far away. France lost his nuclear leadership times ago and there is absolutely no reason to wait for innovation here. The risk of a nuclear disaster in the center of e
Europe is not to dismiss, with 55 aging reactors across the territory. Wasted genius ressources by politics 101.
