share of nuclear energy on total energy production has been decreasing since the 2000s, nuclear power plants still account for around 70 percent of the total power generation in the country.
As of January 2022, there was a total of 56 nuclear reactors functioning in France, distributed in 18 different sites. The site with the highest number of reactors was Gravelines, in northern France. Even though the Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location
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Statistics on Nuclear power in France
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World Nuclear Association. (January 1, 2022). Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/
World Nuclear Association. "Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location." Chart. January 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/
World Nuclear Association. (2022). Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/
World Nuclear Association. "Number of Nuclear Reactors in France as of January 2022, by Location." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/
World Nuclear Association, Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Number of nuclear reactors in France as of January 2022, by location [Graph], World Nuclear Association, January 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/461971/number-of-french-nuclear-power-reactors-by-location/