# Macron announces a nuclear construction restart at Belfort

Date: 2022

On 10 February 2022 at Belfort the president announced that France would build new EPR2 reactors, extend existing plants where safe, and expand renewables. The speech is a completed energy-policy decision later translated into programming law. It is not a grid connection.

## People

- Emmanuel Macron: https://factrail.ai/people/emmanuel-macron

## Drivers

- Nuclear-Energy Deployment: https://factrail.ai/drivers/nuclear-energy-deployment

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-says-france-will-build-new-nuclear-reactors-2022-02-10/
- https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2022/02/10/reprendre-en-main-notre-destin-energetique

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-belfort-nuclear-restart-2022