Elysee: French Team Took Too Long To Prepare UAE Nuclear Bid

The French consortium that hoped to win a contract to build four peaceful nuclear reactors for power production in the UAE took too long to put its bid in order, a senior French official said. The loss has triggered a controversy in France about the need to restructure the nuclear industry in France.

"The French consortium took too much time to prepare for this battle," The French newspaper ’Les Echos’ quoted Chief of staff of the Elysee Claude Gueant today.

Gueant renewed confidence in the French reactor technology EBR which belongs to the third generation of the nuclear reactors.

Meanwhile, a member of the pro-Sarkozy Union for a Popular Movement said there was a lack of coordination in the French nuclear sector.

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