It is understood for some time, the promise of Francois Hollande to close the Fessenheim nuclear power plant before the end of his term will not be held. But now even the launch of the legal process leading to its closure may hang until at least the end of 2016, if one believes the World that evokes a “showdown “ between EDF Chairman and CEO, Jean-Bernard Levy, and his minister, Ségolène Royal. This requires that the electrician deposits before the end of June an application for revocation of the authorization to operate the oldest French plant. But EDF side, it was confirmed to Libération that is “legally difficult to file this request as long as there is no set amount for compensation” however, vowing that there “no desire to slow down anything.”
EDF would hope to receive at least 2 to 3 billion euros, while Royal offers a maximum 100 million. Difficult to reach agreement in three weeks. If “the state has no legal means to shut a reactor,” remind counsel Arnaud Gosse, it could very well, as the main shareholder, put pressure on EDF . Did he really? Nothing is less sure.
Everything proves that the executive has made no desire to close Fessenheim. Since 2012, he has continued to procrastinate. As he did to get his law of energy transition, which contains another presidential commitment, reducing to 50% the share of the atom in the production of electricity by 2025. And as it is now for enforce this law: still missing a key text, the multiannual programming energy (EPP), to detail how the State hopes to achieve this 50% target. According to the Court of Auditors, it would imply to close 17 to 20 reactors at 58. If it is so difficult to resolve the issue of the two Alsatian reactors, how to believe that this EPP will be published before 1 st July as the Royal promises? We bet the hot potato – and increasingly expensive nuclear -from will be passed to the next majority.
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