Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne calls on EDF’s new chief executive, Luc Rémont, to put the nuclear apparatus back online, better control ongoing projects and get its finances on track, in a mission letter summarized by Matignon on Saturday.
In her December 9 letter, reported by Les Echos on Friday, the head of government sets out three priorities for Mr. Rémont, asking him first of all to restore EDF production in France “to a level compatible with the capacities of his industrial tool and the best international comparables”, while 14 of the 56 nuclear reactors remain closed.
Ms. Borne asks the national electrician, in the midst of a 100% renationalization process, to “control the deadlines and budgets of the nuclear projects in progress.”
EPR of Flamanville
His letter was written a few days before EDF announced a further delay of six months and an additional cost of 500 million euros for the new generation EPR reactor in Flamanville (Manche) which is now scheduled to start up here in mid-2024. .
“The objectives set by the government for the company are part of a particular context” because EDF “has to face major operational difficulties in the French nuclear park and respond to the government’s desire to relaunch a nuclear policy among the most ambitious in the world.” Matignon told AFP.
Luc Rémont has six months to respond: he will have to propose “a new strategic, operational and financial roadmap for the future of EDF, in the first half of 2023”. Ms. Borne also mentions in her letter a “specific development” of EDF for export.
Source: BFM TV
