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Amid maintenance delays and strikes in nuclear industry, France restarts one reactor

France’s EDF has restarted the 1.5-GW Civaux-2 reactor while delaying both
planned maintenance and returns elsewhere amid ongoing worker strikes,
transparency data showed April 24.

EDF further delayed planned return dates
for Gravelines 1 and Blayais 1, where strikes have been ongoing for over
five weeks. The start of maintenance at Cruas 4 was also delayed further,
with annual refueling pushed back another fortnight to May 6. Initial
planning set an April 20 return date for the reactor, now scheduled to
remain offline until June 16.

Civaux-2 has been awaiting a restart, having
been delayed by strikes after a failed attempt in early March. The reactor
has been offline since late 2021 for stress corrosion repairs that were
completed in February.

SP Global 24th April 2023

https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/042423-frances-edf-returns-civaux-2-reactor-delays-others-amid-strike

April 27, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, France