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EDF extends Bugey 3 outage, stops other units (4.8 GW)
EDF has extended an outage at its French Bugey 3 (910 MW) reactor by 10 days to 10 June, while stopping other units for modulation, reducing total capacity by 4.8 GW, transparency data showed on Friday.
read more... 22/05/2020
EDF reports faults on 4 reactors (3.6 GW) to ASN
EDF reported new faults on back-up generators at four of its 900 MW nuclear reactors earlier this month to French nuclear safety authority ASN, with repairs having been completed, it said on Tuesday.
read more... 28/04/2020
EDF poised to lodge Sizewell C nuclear plant application
EDF is poised to submit a planning application for a large nuclear power station on England’s east coast despite opponents’ complaints that Britain’s coronavirus lockdown will hamper proper scrutiny of the project.
read more... 27/04/2020
France to see new reactor maintenance calendar in days
French utility EDF will soon present an updated calendar of reactor maintenance outages, after the previous schedule had to be modified amid the health crisis, energy minister Elisabeth Borne said.
read more... 20/04/2020
EDF cuts 2020 nuclear output goal by 20% to 300 TWh
EDF has reduced its 2020 nuclear output target by up to 20% to 300 TWh due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its reactor maintenance schedule, it said on Thursday.
read more... 17/04/2020