Nuclear Power: “The Main Risk for France’s Nuclear Industry Is Skills”

As France seeks to revive its nuclear industry, the sector faces several challenges: adapting to climate change, maintaining energy sovereignty, renewing its nuclear fleet and, above all, finding the skills it needs. For Emmanuelle Galichet, a lecturer and researcher in nuclear science and technology at Cnam for the past 25 years, France’s ability to maintain a civilian and military nuclear industry will first and foremost depend on its ability to train the engineers, technicians and professionals it will need over the coming decades.