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PARIS (Thomson Financial) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy said that nuclear power 'will remain at the heart of electricity production' in France in the future.'The French nuclear sector has a big future,' Sarkozy said during a visit to an EDF nuclear station in northern France, adding that 'we need to develop the next generations of plants.'While the government plans to invest heavily in renewable energy sources, 'this will never match what nuclear power represents in French electricity production,' he argued.Sarkozy also forecast that state-owned utility EDF would create 10,000 jobs over the next five years as it expands its production activity.tfn.paris@thomson.comgt/rfwCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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