In order to ensure the French nuclear recovery plan presented by the Head of State, EDF will offer more than 3,000 positions in the sector, half of which will be for engineers.
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EDF is preparing to launch a major recruitment campaign with 3,300 positions in the nuclear sector in 2022, including 1,600 engineers, franceinfo learned on Friday February 11 from the industrial group. To ensure the ramp-up of the new French nuclear program, presented the day before by Emmanuel Macron, the Nuclear Safety Authority estimates for its part that it will take 4,000 recruitments of engineers per year in the nuclear sector.
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The French nuclear recovery plan announced in Belfort plans to build six new second-generation EPRs (EPR2) for 2050 and to study the construction of eight additional reactors. Emmanuel Macron also wants “extend all the reactors that can be extended”beyond 50 years if possible, and avoid closing any.
And EDF is preparing to launch a major recruitment campaign. Patrice Risch, group employment director: “As of this year, we have planned 3,300 nuclear recruitments for the EDF group, including 1,600 engineers.” The 2021 campaign has already been a success. EDF and the sector have worked in depth to change the image of nuclear power. “There may have been in the past, after Fukushima, a drop in desire for nuclear power. Today, industrial jobs make sense for students leaving school. And to tell you the truth, we try to make attractive our professions from an early age. It starts with ninth-grade internships, with site visits. In 2021, more than 36,000 students visited our sites.”
Beyond EDF, the entire sector must be strengthened, because the needs are becoming enormous. Bernard Doroszczuk, Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN): “There is a decision taken to build new nuclear reactors, which is added to the work to be done for dismantling and the safety review. meet skills needs. And just for the engineers, he estimates that it will take 4,000 recruitments per year in the nuclear sector.