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EDF: French nuclear reactor postponed to 2017
French utility EDF declared that its Areva-designed EPR nuclear reactor in Flamanville, France, will be delayed one more year, anticipating it would be linked to the grid in 2017, a decade after the start of the construction.
read more... 19/11/2014
EDF: strong nuclear production compensates for unfavorable weather
Strong nuclear production in France compensated for the negative repercussion of bad weather on EDF’s sales in the first nine months of the year, as stated by French utility on Thursday.
read more... 07/11/2014
EDF’s nuclear electricity tariff stable until at least July 2015
The price EDF charges competitors for its nuclear power will stay fixed until at least July 2015 when a new tariff system will be revealed, as stated by French Energy Minister Segolene Royal on Tuesday.
read more... 05/11/2014
Areva-Siemens increases claim to $4.4 billion over Finnish reactor postponements
The French-German conglomerate Areva-Siemens, the supplier of Finland's much-delayed Olkiluoto-3 nuclear reactor, has raised its claim against Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), as stated by TVO late on Friday.
read more... 27/10/2014
Vattenfall would like to obtain 4.7 billion euros for German nuclear phase-out
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel told a parliamentary commission that Vattenfall wants 4.7 billion euros ($6 billion) in compensation for shutting down its nuclear plants in Germany, as stated by a government source on Wednesday.
read more... 16/10/2014