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EDF to extend nuclear outages in 2024, 2025 on corrosion issue

CAROLINE PAILLIEZ, Paris, France, 21 Dec 2023

Montel) French utility EDF will extend planned outages at up to five of its reactors by an average of 30 days next year and again in 2025 related to repairs undertaken in 2023 for corrosion, it said late on Wednesday.

The shutdowns could affect one planned outage out of three at 13 reactors*, it said in a statement, adding it was “taking into account key learnings from controls and repairs undertaken in 2023 on reactors linked to stress corrosion cracking”.

The corrosion issue has dogged the firm, with reactor outages jumping 47% in 2022 due to corrosion issues at numerous units, with output plunging to a 33-year………. (Subscribers only) more https://www.montelnews.com/news/1533868/edf-to-extend-nuclear-outages-in-2024-2025-on-corrosion-issue

December 24, 2023 - Posted by | France, safety

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  1. It is not just corrosion issues plagues nuclear power. Any metal of the primary containment vessel of the reactor becomes brittle with time due to bombardment of the excess neutrons emitted during nuclear fission. Extending the life because of some bizarre belief that “tripling nuclear capacity” to fight climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions, is playing a game of nuclear roulette.

    paulrodenlearning's avatar Comment by paulrodenlearning | December 24, 2023 | Reply


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