
France's Higher Education and Research Minister Philippe Baptiste (L) and France's Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure attend a visit of the EPR2 new generation reactors construction site at the Penly nuclear power plant in Petit-Caux on the English channel coast on March 12, 2026. The nuclear recovery program announced in 2022 by France's President Emmanuel Macron provides for the construction of 6 new generation reactors known as EPR2, built in three pairs, at Penly, Gravelines and then at Bugey. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

