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France to build six new nuclear reactors for first time in decades

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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

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