A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state energy giant Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) said Friday, placing fresh pressure on a national power grid already strained by freezing temperatures.
A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state
energy giant Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) said Friday, placing fresh
pressure on a national power grid already strained by freezing temperatures.
The company said the shutdown, on the number two reactor at the Cattenom plant
in the northeast of the country, was caused by a broken alternator in a
non-nuclear part of the reactor and posed no threat to public safety.
But the fault will take several days to repair and the reactor will remain
offline at a time of high demand. EDF said it thought household consumption had
peaked Wednesday and would fall as the weather warms.
Another French reactor, at the Tricastin plant in the
Rhone
valley, stopped Thursday, but was due to go back into service Friday.
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