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At a sprawling nuclear site in north western France, a banner next to a crane and a still-under-construction water reservoir confidently states: "Final stretch to get Flamanville 3 started safely ...
French power group EDF has begun examination of a potential issue linked to a build-up of inert gases at its nuclear power station in China, though the company and its Chinese partner said the ...
EDF Energy has agreed to a request to reduce output from its Sizewell B nuclear plant in the east of England to help balance the grid amid low power demand due to COVID-19, the company told ...
EDF's strategic target is for a 20-year life extension for Sizewell B PWR, beyond the current accounting closure date of 2035. [22] This would mean the plant remaining in operation until 2055. EDF reaffirmed this plan in December 2024. [23] As of 2022, the power station is still planned to close in 2035. [24]
In December 2024, EDF, the owner and operator of the plant declared a life extension of 1 year for Heysham 1 and of 2 years for Heysham 2. They will now operate until 2027 and 2030 respectively. Heysham 1
EDF estimated annual nuclear output in France would be about 300 TWh in 2020 and 330-360 TWh in 2021 and 2022, down from a pre-coronavirus estimate of 375-390 TWh. Some nuclear reactors will likely be taken offline in the summer of 2020. [needs update] EDF announced it had withdrawn financial targets for 2020 and 2021. A delay of planned 10 ...
At a sprawling nuclear site in north western France, a banner next to a crane and a still-under-construction water reservoir confidently states: "Final stretch to get Flamanville 3 started safely ...
The EDF Nuclear Power Plant Tricastin (3,660 MWe total 915 MWe each) Comurhex: A Uranium hexafluoride conversion facility; Eurodif: Georges Besse plant for gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment, which operated from 1979 to 2012, replaced by the George Besse II plant for gas centrifuge enrichment with a capacity of 7.5M SWU per year [2] [3]