A lot of French nuclear plants are scheduled to be decomissioned in the next years because these nuclear plants are getting old. There's an ongoing discussion a

A lot of French nuclear plants are scheduled to be decomissioned in the next years because these nuclear plants are getting old. There's an ongoing discussion about extending the life of some of those plants. And there are some plans for new reactors with estimated cost currently at ~50 billion euros. Of course that's extremely likely to go up further. Nuclear projects always balloon in cost. Energy prices are set by the government and don't reflect the actual cost. French tax payers pay for the difference and have done so for years. The cost price probably excludes quite a bit that tax payers are also paying for. The sad reality with nuclear is that it's a very unprofitable business unless you get governments to sponsor construction, waste disposal, security, etc. and then bail out failing nuclear companies when they fail anyway. All of these things have happened in France. France has nuclear reactors because it regards being a nuclear power as strategically important. Not because it's particularly cheap. It never was. As of now, that somewhat artificial cost of 8 cents per kwh is actually on the high side for renewables. There are cheaper ways to get power these days.