France has regained its place as Europe’s top electricity exporter in 2023, thanks to its nuclear strategy. Furthermore, due to corrosion problems detected on several nuclear reactors in late 2021, France was forced to import electricity for almost all of 2022, something that had not happened for 42 years. France’s fleet of 56 nuclear reactors provides the country with 70% of its electricity.
Recently, EU member states agreed that atomic energy should be part of the bloc’s energy mix in the future. This fragment describes the reform of the EU energy market, which is transitioning from fossil fuel dependency to a greener and more renewable one. This change is driven by the urgency over energy security, which was triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
