“You closed Astrid“, reproached Marine Le Pen to Emmanuel Macron. Who is this Astrid? It was an experimental reactor project, with fast neutrons, launched in 2010 by the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Controversial because of its cost, it was abandoned in 2019. It was to pave the way for so-called fourth-generation nuclear reactors, capable of using spent fuel extracts to operate.
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