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France vows to restart stricken nuclear reactors before winter

The Saint-Laurent-Nouan nuclear plant near Blois, France. © RFI/Jan van der Made

France's Energy Transition Minister on Friday called for "collective responsibility" to avoid energy rationing this winter as she announced that France's fleet of nuclear reactors would be fully operational by the winter. The news comes as G7 countries agreed to "urgently" implement Russian oil price cap.

The French government will alleviate "part of the increase in the price of electricity", Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said at the end of a National Defence and Security Council meeting on energy.

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