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by locallost
1442 days ago
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/business/france-nuclear-p... But the industry has tumbled into an unprecedented power crisis as EDF confronts troubles ranging from the mysterious emergence of stress corrosion inside nuclear plants to a hotter climate that is making it harder to cool the aging reactors. The outages at EDF, Europe’s biggest electricity exporter, have sent France’s nuclear power output tumbling to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, pushing French electric bills to record highs just as the war in Ukraine is stoking broader inflation. ----- The article also mentioned EDF might need to be nationalized since it's in so much debt, and in fact this was announced a few days ago. |
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