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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said building six new nuclear reactors is the "biggest industrial challenge of our time for France". Le Maire spoke outside nuclear power plant of Gravelines in northern France. French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to have six EPRs or third generation pressurised water nuclear reactors, by 2035. SOUNDBITE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne sign a common declaration on energy solidarity in Berlin, aimed at securing supplies as global prices soar. IMAGES
Scientists in Britain say they have smashed a previous record for generating "sustained" fusion energy, on the protracted path towards harnessing a power source considered cheap and clean. A team at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility near Oxford in central England generated 59 megajoules of sustained energy during an experiment in December, more than doubling a 1997 record. SOUNDBITE
A sign at the entrance to the Port of Dover reads 'French Borders Closed', as staff directing traffic send away drivers who haven't heard the news. IMAGES
In an historic end of 43 years of service, the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in Alsace will be shut down and dismantled for good. France's oldest power plant will deliver its last watts, an end to of years of turmoil, debate and postponement of its shutdown. IMAGES
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