France to weigh costs of maintaining older plants in nuclear policy

PARIS (Reuters) - France's energy minister said on Sunday that the cost of maintaining older reactors would be factored into any decision on the future size of its large and aging nuclear power fleet. The government already plans to shut the Fessenheim plant on the German border as part of a pledge to bring down atomic energy to 50 percent of French power output by 2025 from the current 75 percent, the highest share in the world. ... Read More http://ift.tt/1rZgUyS