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The Minister of the Economy visited the Penly nuclear power plant to deliver a message: France is counting on nuclear power for its future. And, therefore, on EDF.
By Michel Revol, special correspondent in Penly (Seine-Maritime)
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VSat EDF, we know how to receive. On Friday, teams from the Penly power plant, near Dieppe, welcomed the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, in the early morning. A kind of guard of honor made up of local luminaries, from the Communist deputy Sébastien Jumel to the local mayors, passing by the prefect in full uniform, was waiting for him when he got out of his car, which arrived exactly on time, 9 h 49! “A Republican welcome”, as we say at EDF.
But the electrician had also done things well so that Bruno Le Maire’s message, that is to say confidence in the nuclear industry and a passage of winter without cuts, is reinforced by actions: the day before , as if by happy chance, three new reactors were connected to the network, bringing to 40 in total (out of 5…
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