The administration of President Francois Hollande has confirmed plans to reduce France's dependence on nuclear energy to 50% in 2025 from the current level of 75%. This policy includes closing France's older nuclear power plant in Fessenheim, located in Alsace close to the borders with Germany and Switzerland, by the end of 2016. The first unit of the two 880 MWe pressurized water reactors entered commercial operation in 1977, followed several months later by the second unit in early 1978. A review by the French nuclear regulator ASN in 2011 approved its suitability to operate for a further ten years subject to the completion of several safety measures.
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