Grechukhin K.E. The chief factors and vectors of France's nuclear energy reform

Abstract: The subject of this research is the nuclear energy system of France. The author describes its contemporary state, provides a historical glance on the reformation of the industry. The author examines the function of the French nuclear energy sector over the last 15 years from the viewpoint of investment policies on both, domestic and international levels, and describes a competitive level on global scale, provides an overview on the current state of AREVA, the "anchor" holding, and points towards the reasons that lead to its indicators approach crisis forms, and provides a prognosis for possible ways out of the current situation. The author's study is based on research articles available in open sources. This article offers data analysis and provides conclusions. The main conclusions of this article are the lack of a unified strategy for development and operation of the AREVA group, the domestic competition between the two largest system units, AREVA and EDF, leads to negative dynamics in the industry as a whole. The author provides sources that include the companies themselves, as well as independent sources.  

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