To cool down, nuclear power plants pump water from local rivers or the sea, which they then release back into water bodies at ...

French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a ...

French Energy Minister Marc Ferracci has consistently driven a hard bargain in negotiations with the U.K, calling for the two plants to be negotiated together. “We have to find a way to consolidate ...

France's state-owned EDF has appointed several new directors to its board and will reorganise the group's operations in ...

French engineering firm Fives Nordon has received an order from state-owned power utility EDF to build 300 pieces of ...

A record-breaking heat wave in Europe has forced the shutdown of at least three nuclear reactors due to rising river ...

France's nuclear safety authority has approved an extension to the operating life of 20 nuclear power stations to 50 years ...

Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in ...

Record river heat in summer 2025 forced nuclear plants in France and Switzerland offline — not from failure, but because the ...

France will make its own assessment on the level of damage the recent U.S. and Israeli strikes had on Iran's nuclear ...

Progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in France is expected to slow again in 2025, according to a ...

France has a total of 57 active nuclear reactors in 18 power plants. According to EDF, the country obtains around 65% of its electricity from nuclear energy, which the government considers to be ...